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Eddington
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5.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
39% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
39% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Ari Aster’s Eddington is such a superb social satire about contemporary America that I want to bury it in the desert for 20 years. More distance will make it easier to laugh.
Taking aim at the left, the right, and every mad thing in-between, it’s a fierce and funny provocation designed to p--- off everyone along the political spectrum.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 50 User Ratings
5.9
54% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
18% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
28% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 50 User Ratings
5.9
54% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
18% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
28% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
Ari Aster has written and produced a thought provoking memory of the covid pandemic days. While many people do not want to revisit this period, I was anxious to see kind of a retrospective of this very unsettling time in our lives. It was not disappointing... While the media rattled on in the background, people came unglued as their paradigms were forced to shift quickly as something inexplicable took over their lives. Emotions ran high as people were maneuvered and pummeled with information, new rules and propaganda. The movie did an excellent job of portraying the confusion, division, defensiveness, anger, opposition, greed, grief, betrayal, and despondency that the era triggered. When I wasn't entranced with going down memory lane, I was aware that the movie felt almost satirical in the delivery and drama it is conjured up. Acting (especially by Joaquin Phoenix) was excellent and the storyline held my attention, even though it was a lengthy movie (150 ****, five years later, after revisiting that catastrophic time in retrospect via this movie, it's easy to see how this time was a catalyst for change and the era known as "the great awakening."
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Throughout human history, there has been something in our broken nature that resists community and seeks conflict. Eddington captures this, particularly the way it was fomented by the historical circumstances of 2020 America.
The overall lack of subtlety suits the age Aster is taking to task, though it also makes everything feel slightly wobbly on its feet. The viewpoint is both-sides misanthropy. Jonathan Swift has some notes.
Eddington gradually shifts away from the hyper topical and into a despairing, bleakly amusing look at an America prone to violent fantasy and deed, entrenched in escalating conflict, caught in a terrible entropy. When Aster finally knuckles down and ramps up the action, Eddington takes strange flight.
In certain moments, the film’s absurdism recalls that era’s paranoia and volcanic anger, but too often Aster overshoots the mark, collecting the period’s signature elements without finding much that is smart to say about them.
America undoubtedly needs serious artists to explore the brain worms that the pandemic era gave the body politic, but Eddington most definitely ain’t it.
I was bored a lot. Didn't really care about any of the characters and even tho no movies have been made about COVID yet, I feel like I was expecting more compelling stories.
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I’ve never been a fan of writer/director Ari Aster. His first 3 films (Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid) didn’t impress me and this one doesn’t either. It’s set in a small New Mexico town May 2020, when COVID was causing conflict over masks and distancing. Exacerbating the issue is an ornery sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and a more compliant mayor (Pedro Pascal). This drama expands to other characters with lots of extended dialogue scenes. This could have been a satirical sendup, but the dark tone never lets that happen. Aster lacks subtlety in dialogue or characters. The performances are strong with Phoenix showing a gruffer side of himself and Pascal just playing earnest. Emma Stone and Austin Butler have smaller parts that aren’t especially interesting. The final encounters are violent but confusing with an even more unsettling ending. Fans of the director may love this film and his grand statements, but the overlong setup and muddying results don’t change my impression of Aster.
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Another tonal mess from Ari. The film starts off strong as a satire, but halfway through it turns into a different movie. The previous one, Beau is Afraid, from the same director had the exact same issue.
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Not a good movie It had its moments, but overall it seems to me like Aster is making movies for his own reasons, and “the enjoyment of the audience” is clearly not one of those reasons.
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