That is an understatement to say the least.
That makes this overlong, often exhausting and sometimes indulgent new movie as much a curiosity as anything else.
But as I get further away from it, the more I think about it.
Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Beau Is Afraid’A24
We learn more in his visit to his therapist, nicely played by Stephen McKinley Henderson.
After a rough night he oversleeps and realizes he is about to miss his plane.
Genuinely frightened he tries to pay for the water but is 20 cents short.
(L-R)Nathan Lane, Joaquin Phoenix andAmy Ryanin ‘Beau Is Afraid’A24
That is the first chapter of what Aster has structured more as a Kafkaesque novel than anything else.
The odyssey continues on land and water reaching an operatic crescendo of sorts.
You get the idea.
Armen Nahapetian as the 13-year-old Beau is perfectly cast.
