Movie Bo is scared, Ari Aster, begins with a display of darkness. The first sequence doesn’t seem very logical – in fact, it progresses without giving clues as to what’s going on for more than five minutes – until it makes sense. Bo (Joaquin Phoenix) has been terrified since the first day of his life.

But this is not a wild and uncontrollable emotion, but one that the character is able to contain. So most of the time you will have to fight to avoid the horrors – imaginary or real – that lie in wait for you. What he does is silent and with a strange shyness that makes his hunched and suffering figure an atypical horror movie extremist.

The director’s third feature film, debuting with Devil’s Legacy In 2018, he moves away from folk horror, experientially exploring that fear can be more than monsters and creatures lurking. in history Bo is scaredalso written by Astaire, the danger lies in the terrifying and twisted dimensions of the human mind.

Also in perverted bonds in which love and hate are mixed. Bo is scared risks moving away from traditional genre cinema by mixing the psychological element with the idea of ​​evil. The result is the eternal feeling that everything around the protagonist is a constant pulse of darkness.

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Ari Astaire’s Beau Is Afraid is, technically speaking, a horror film with hints of sinister humor. But the script, also written by the director, doesn’t balance the two genres well. Which gives the film an experimental feel that eventually turns into a bewildering exploration of fear, anxiety, and depression that progresses to leave all sorts of loose ends in its wake. Astaire moves away from popular horror to show the mental and spiritual landscape of a character tormented by longing. But it does not go further than a hint that fear is an open door to madness. Its third installment is an odyssey between disjointed scenes and brilliant sequences that don’t support the film as a whole.


























Rating: 3 out of 5.

Terror lives in small places

Bo he is much more than a victim of his fears, he is a creature created by the limitations and abuse of those around him. Especially from mother monkey (Patti LuPone) and the aggressive, cannibalistic and destructive relationship he has with her.

Bo is scared delves into how one and the other complement and repel each other. The horrors that dwell in Bo They originate in the pernicious bonds that connect them with loved ones. Ari Aster analyzes the pernicious nature of love and does so through an entirely metaphorical conflict. Joaquin Phoenix’s character seeks to express his fear, pain and bewilderment through unconventional means.

Which includes reaching the place – physically and emotionally – with her distant mother figure. Gradually, the script builds two stories tied together through clumsy attempts Bo in order to be less isolated and lonely. And what is happening around you can be a reality, a hallucination, or just an excursion into your inner world.

Bo is afraid, Ari Astaire's latest film

monsters Bo is scared

This is a risky argument that depends on the tension the script may—or may not—create in order to be effective. The director, an expert at creating a claustrophobic atmosphere with shots of narrow spaces and forced angles, achieves this halfway through Bo is scared. The camera follows every action Bo through lighting that gives it the appearance of a figure in an unreal world.

Its first episodes tell awkward and confusing moments from the point of view of the protagonist, and the third part includes a complete distortion of reality. The film takes place in the midst of a great nightmare, shining with colors and strangely annoying. But what may seem like a fairy tale ends up being just a ruse, insisting over and over again that Bo he is an unreliable narrator.

Bo is scared she is confusing when she tries to be mysterious. Ari Astaire doesn’t use horror movie codes to talk about a psychological dilemma that metaphorizes anxiety, depression, and heartache. Although some of his sections are brilliant, especially when he walks away from feelings Bo focus on his fears – he fails to focus his narrative on one goal.

Human life on the verge of insanity

For your second leg Bo is scared it is closer to a retreat from primal fears than to a concrete argument. Something that could have been effective were it not for the director’s insistence on being increasingly abstract and incoherent.

Using agoraphobia as a way to destroy reality – every step Bo It’s torture – it’s convincing. Especially when Joaquin Phoenix manages to endow the character with a fragility close to a complete break.

Most of the argument Bo is scared it suggests precisely that its suffering protagonist is about to fall to pieces. From what is shown on the screen, this is a journey to this redemption and final fall into hell.

Bo is scaredlong way to nowhere

When the outside world has become a threat and the home that Bo lives turned into a prison, the film hints at a major disaster. The only downside is that this never happens, and in its last part, the story seems to be overloaded with symbols that never come to fruition.

Bo is scared It works like a massive experiment – it lasts three hours – but loses power when what’s hidden between its metaphors becomes more apparent. After all, a feature film is a work in progress or, at best, one that had more ambition than the resources to express its ideas.

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