There’s plenty to be afraid of in the first trailer for Beau Is Afraid

Jan 10 2023 by The Verge

 
Joaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid. | Image: A24

The title for Beau Is Afraid really seems to nail the premise — at least based on the first trailer. The A24 film is the latest from Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stressed-out guy who goes “on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.”

Apparently, that involves traveling through a papercraft fantasy world and meeting versions of himself from various time periods. To get the latter...

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