Writer-director Ari Aster gives his 2011 short Beau the feature-length treatment.
Joaquin Phoenix - Beau Wasserman
Nathan Lane - Roger
Amy Ryan - Grace
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Therapist
Hayley Squires - Penelope
Denis Ménochet - Jeeves
Kylie Rogers - Toni
Patti LuPone - Mona Wasserman
Summary
The extremely anxious and paranoid Beau prepares to leave an unidentified crime ridden city for Washington to attend his mother's funeral.
However, he misses flight after his luggage and keys are stolen.
And so begins a bizarre and fantastical journey, where anything is possible and nothing makes sense.
Fear, guilt and humiliation
3 hour Kafkaesque tragicomedy drags, but worth sticking with.
Some sections are meant to be funny, and it helps if you laugh. If not, experience may become literally a nightmare.
Phoenix gives another powerhouse performance, but the main talking point is giant penis monster, (revealed to be Beau's father).
According to Mona, 'he' died upon ejaculating inside her.
Not even a dangerous dose of Zypnotycril could rationalize situation, let alone explain it.
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