Beau Is Afraid

Aging, neurotic misfit Beau Wasserman (Joaquin Phoenix) always had a difficult relationship with his domineering businesswoman single mother Mona (Patti Lupone). Upon receiving word of her death, his attempts to get cross-country in time for her funeral find him surrounded by a string of eccentrics and subject to tortures stemming from his own warped psyche. Ari Aster's surreal, epic tragicomedy also stars Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Zoe Lister-Jones. 179 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.