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The first word we see written down in "Beau Is Afraid," Ari Aster's raging Oedipal phantasmagoria of a movie, is "Guilt," with a capital "G." It's not the last word to pop up in a story full of angry scribblings, earnest love notes, slick corporate logos, detailed sex-shop menus, foulmouthed…

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There are definitely no rom-coms in Joaquin Phoenix's future.

Reviews are in for Ari Aster's Beau Is Afraid, starring Joaquin Phoenix. See why critics are calling it a "fascinating," three-hour "panic attack."

‘From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure'. So goes the tagline for Beau is Afraid, Ari Aster’s 179-minute follow-up to his landmark 21st-century horrors Hereditary and Midsommar. With all due respect to the marketing department at A24, rarely has a pithy tagline – and the whimsical, Benjamin Button-esque poster…

This three-plus-hour tale of Oedipal misery sees Phoenix on uncharacteristically boring form, and ultimately collapses into silliness

Joaquin Phoenix embarks on the strangest epic journey ever in Ari Aster's deeply funny, and deeply disturbed riff on Homer's Odyssey.

Beau Is Afraid cements Ari Aster as one of the most fascinating big screen storytellers working today.

Joaquin Phoenix fainted in a “very intense” scene on the set of his upcoming film Beau is Afraid.

Actor Joaquin Phoenix collapsed during a 'very intense' scene with co-star Patti LuPone on the set of his upcoming film, Beau Is Afraid according to its director

Beau Is Afraid held a surprise screening, and audience members have taken to Twitter with their first reactions to Joaquin Phoenix's horror comedy.