Like him or not, no filmmaker knows how to tap into our deep-rooted fears and anxieties like Ari Aster does. Whether it be about grief , romantic relationships, our mothers, or in the case of Eddington, a global pandemic. A24 has dropped the final trailer for Aster’s anticipated nightmare horror, and all I’ll say is that if you intend to see it, just make sure you take your blood pressure meds.
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Clifton Collins Jr., Amélie Hoeferle, and Micheal Ward, Eddington takes place in a small New Mexico town during the COVID-19 pandemic where paranoia and a battle for control have turned the place into a powder keg.
When the previous trailer was released a couple of weeks ago, I speculated that this would be a movie where Phoenix and Pascal take center stage. But now that I’ve seen Eddington, it’s really Phoenix’s movie with everyone else part of the ensemble filling out this toxic little town that has become polarized to its own destruction.
SYNOPSIS: May of 2020, 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.
Eddington opens in theaters on July 18th.
