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Beau Is Afraid
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6.7Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as Beau Wassermann
- Patti LuPone as Mona Wassermann
- Amy Ryan as Grace
- Nathan Lane as Roger
- Kylie Rogers as Toni
- Denis Ménochet as Jeeves
Themes
- suicide
- nightmare
- funeral
- therapist
- paranoia
- orgasm
- trauma
- dark comedy
- satire
- surrealism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
77,487 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 31 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ari Aster
- Written by
- Ari Aster
- Produced by
- Lars Knudsen Ari Aster
- Starring
- Joaquin Phoenix Nathan Lane Amy Ryan Stephen McKinley Henderson Hayley Squires Denis Ménochet Kylie Rogers Parker Posey Patti LuPone
- Cinematography
- Pawel Pogorzelski
- Edited by
- Lucian Johnston
- Music by
- Bobby Krlic
- Production companies
- A24 Square Peg
- Distributed by
- A24
- Release dates
- April 1, 2023 ( 2023-04-01 ) ( Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ) April 14, 2023 ( 2023-04-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 179 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million (net) $50 million (gross)
- Box office
- $12.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Beau Is Afraid is a 2023 American epic surrealist tragicomedy film written, directed, and co-produced by Ari Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, and also includes a supporting cast consisting of Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, and Richard Kind. Its plot follows the mild-mannered but paranoia-ridden Beau as he embarks on a surreal odyssey to get home to his mother's house, realizing his greatest fears along the way.
Distributed by A24, Beau Is Afraid premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on April 1, 2023, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on April 14, 2023, before a wide release the following week. The film received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $12 million against a net production cost of $35 million. Phoenix received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.
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