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Beau Is Afraid
2023
· Movie
· 179 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3216
- IMDb #3178
- Google retired #3707
- Metacritic #2388
- Letterboxd #2464
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2902
+7 more
- Metacritic Critics #2115
- Metacritic Audience #2828
- Criticker #1552
- Douban #1483
- Kinopoisk #3476
- AlloCiné #2942
- Trakt #3737
Every rating
51–72
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Douban on 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An anxiety-ridden man embarks on an epic and surreal odyssey to get home to his mother. His journey is a nightmarish series of absurd and terrifying obstacles, each more bewildering than the last, as he navigates a world that seems designed to amplify his deepest fears and paranoias.
Details
- Director
- Ari Aster
- Writer
- Ari Aster
- Based on
- a work by Ari Aster
- Studio
- A24, Square Peg, IPR.VC, Access Entertainment
- Released
- 14 April 2023
- Country
- United States, Finland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $12.3M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2024 | Best Actor in a Horror Movie | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2024 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards 2024 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Fiona Crombie | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2024 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2023 | Most Original Trailer | "Beyond" (AV Squad) | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2023 | Best Drama Poster | "Payoff" (AV Print) | Nominee |
| Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Patti LuPone | Nominee |
| Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards 2023 | Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Horror Movie | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
Indiana Film Journalists Association
5 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ari Aster | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Pawel Pogorzelski | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble Acting | Beau Is Afraid | Nominee |
| Best Lead Performance | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Original Vision | Beau Is Afraid | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations
| Best Drama Poster | "Payoff" (AV Print) | Nominee |
| Most Original Trailer | "Beyond" (AV Squad) | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Patti LuPone | Nominee |
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Fiona Crombie | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |