Following a surprise April Fool’s day screening, critics are calling Ari Aster’s BeauIsAfraid “wholly unique,” “darkly comedic,” and “demented.”
Audiences who attended the Alamo Drafthouse screening of the new Midsommar director's cut settled down to watch the iconic horror film, with the promise of a ten-minute preview of Ari Aster's new film Beau Is Afraid at the conclusion of the film. However, Aster had his own ideas by pulling an April Fools' prank for the ages by walking out with star Joaquin Phoenix to introduce a full viewing of Beau Is Afraid, which isn’t due in theaters until April 21.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Aster returned at the end of the three-hour screening for a question and answer session, which was moderated by Emma Stone—who jokingly stated that Aster was "sick in the head and not well" for making the film. During the Q&A, he revealed that Phoenix fainted and “fell out of frame” while filming a scene with Patti LuPone for the A24 movie, according to a report by Deadline.
Jeff Ewing remarked that the film was "like being sandblasted in the face with anxiety for three hours" with Meagan Navarro adding that the April Fools' feature was a "demented, imaginative and darkly comical odyssey through guilt and repression."
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