Beau ls Afraid absolutely melted my mind. It was incredibly bizarre, chaotic, sadistic, traumatic, thought provoking, and so much more that I would run out of characters just trying to describe. It really is an odyssey that after ending makes you go "what did I just watch." It's the type of film you have to sit and process and even read about just to get a true grasp of what you just witnessed. It's definitely not a film for everyone as are most of his films. it's strange in every possible way but I absolutely loved how unique it was as well all the different themes (whether it be guilt, smothering, manipulation), as well as the symbolism and metaphors you can gather throughout the films 3 hour run time. Best Comparison is like a messed up Gaslighting Mind Melting Sadistic Truman Show

What a ride.. clear your expectations, and open your mind. Then buckle up and hop on this ride with ari and Joaquin. One of those films that still has you thinking about it a couple of days later. Intense, incredible performances by the actors. Different and a bit wild. Like being in a dream. Pretty cool.

I left incredibly sweaty. A must watch.

Really liked the first half, then it just took a weird turn. Also, crazy long!

Incredible. Worth seeing on the big screen, it’s both insanely intense and uncomfortably hilarious.

Give me a few years to think about if I liked it or not

Worst movie ever I left halfway through

A weirdly fun and often times funny film about a person with social anxiety. Don’t expect to understand all the symbolism in the film, just enjoy the journey.

Really visually engaging film. Don’t go in with the intention of scrutinizing everything you’re given and you’ll enjoy the ride. The final act however is a LOT and throws off some of the momentum built up, but ultimately still quite exceptional

It was a crazy ride.

a very bizarre and wild ride and that will leave you guessing and shocked multiple times. I don't quite know if this movie is fantastic yet. this movie straight up needs a second watch to really absorb everything and get a final thought on it. But the first half is pretty funny and the last half is pretty wild and I think if you go and see it in theaters you won't be disappointed on originality alone

Ari can’t miss.

for better or worse. this is a very different kind of movie. I'm still on the fence about this

Wonderfully mad in the right ways.

I walked out the theater different than when i went in

So much weirder than I ever thought I could be.

The movie, for its part, is fairly lively. Especially arresting, from a visual standpoint, is an extended sequence in which Beau encounters members of an interactive theater troupe in a forest.

Viewers are sure to be impressed by Aster's prodigious imagination and technical skill, amused by his gallows humour, and amazed by some of the outrageous images he puts on screen. But whether they will be enthralled by the film is another matter.

Its visual imagination is wonderfully unrestrained, compelling in its extremes even when it is so clearly indebted to every movie that Aster hoovered up to get here. Its tone is impressively steadfast in its desire to repel one moment, entrance the next. And its performances are across-the-board astounding in their commitment.

Barry Hertz

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)