Acclaimed writer/director Ari Aster’s new Neo-western drame is set during the early days of the pandemic. A mix of satire, suspense, and 21st century paranoia, tensions boils over when a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and Mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. 2h 28m. Rated R.
Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Michael Ward, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, William Belleau, Clifton Collins, Jr.
“Backed by an unanimously phenomenal cast, Eddington captures pandemic-era trauma with mixed results, delivering an unmistakably Ari Aster film: idiosyncratic, enigmatic, and polarizing.” Rotten Tomatoes