Beau is Afraid | April 21, 2023 | A24 | Ari Aster directs. Joaquin stars

[filmlover]

This sort of reminds me of Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria: a fairly divisive, very long director-driven project that has absolutely no mainstream appeal of any kind. Suspect the box office returns will be fairly similar to the $2.5M that made, maybe slightly more if A24 is appeal to work some minor magic with it.

[TMP]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

This sort of reminds me of Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria: a fairly divisive, very long director-driven project that has absolutely no mainstream appeal of any kind. Suspect the box office returns will be fairly similar to the $2.5M that made, maybe slightly more if A24 is appeal to work some minor magic with it.

suspiria didn't have the blockbuster star of a billion dollar movie though

[PrinceRico]

This was always going to flop get awful WOM and these reviews pretty much confirms it. Ari get your self together.

[JustLurking]

I'll be there no matter what. Hopefully the theater near me that plays subbed films sometimes throws this on that screen when it releases.

Edited April 11, 2023 by JustLurking

[Lucas]

These reviews are perfect

[ddddeeee]

Oh I hope it's half as good as the Suspiria remake.

[JustLurking]

Went up to 79% now with 42 reviews.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

This was a trip

 

Felt like a 15 year old 4chan lurker with severe mommy issues discovered Lars von Trier and Woody Allen movies. (Not necessarily derogatory!) 

[Blaze Heatnix]

6 hours ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

This was a trip

 

Felt like a 15 year old 4chan lurker with severe mommy issues discovered Lars von Trier and Woody Allen movies. (Not necessarily derogatory!) 

 

F CinemaScore? 

[TheDude391]

 

 

The Awards Ace got caught on audio ranting and raving lmao

[Eric is Anxious]

This probably means the movie will be a banger, but I am going to dread the annoying audience members that will respond to this. Maybe I should go on a weekday

[Mojoguy]

4 hours ago, Count Eric said:

 

Yep, sounds another A24 horror film. 😆

[DisposedData]

No idea what this man does to get such extreme reactions from people. Hereditary and Midsommar were both great.

[Joel M]

The movie might be bad but my god those people heckling sound like insufferable assholes. I hope they had the most miserable time in their life and someone stole their wallet on their way home.

[Blaze Heatnix]

11 hours ago, DisposedData said:

No idea what this man does to get such extreme reactions from people. Hereditary and Midsommar were both great.

 

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I don't think general audiences will answer well to a penis monster with insect legs.

 

[DisposedData]

36 minutes ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

 

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I don't think general audiences will answer well to a penis monster with insect legs.

 

People liked Everything Everywhere All At Once and it had ridiculous visuals too 🤷‍♂️

[MOVIEGUY]

Honestly watching movies with crowds that hate the movie can be kinda fun. I'm pretty sure I was the only person in my theater who liked Malignant (including my friends). I was pretty drunk so watching everyone get mad at the movie was fun.

[belblazer]

These reactions are hilarious. I'm curious.

[lorddemaxus]

This was pretty boring. Felt like one of those movies where each scene is a random absurdist skit with a very loose plot tying it all together, but not funny. Not provocative or crazy enough to keep me interested in a pure "woah thats fucked up" kind of way. 

 

The only part I liked was at the start where Aster captures anxiety and paranoia in a way where I actually could see myself (although obviously overexaggerated here).

[ThomasNicole]

Liked the first hour a lot, hated the middle, absolutely adored the final hour to a point i just have to ignore the middle and be happy

 

8/10 i think

 

I can see why most people seems to be hating it tho, i only liked it because i really love unsettling and confusing experiences, it always a strangely fun feeling to me, so the ridiculous plotless random and messy final hour just ended up being what i was looking for anyway, but it does seems like a movie Aster made for himself and for people who just like to watch a mess unfold or love the challenge of trying to find sense in something that doesn´t have, so a portion of cinephiles probably will like it a lot even if they´re not that many, Aster will be fine this is not a career killer

 

I would argue the movie does have a strong tie in themes in it´s entire lengh tho, even if the plot and logic itself is paper thin