Eddington
2025-07-20
Vancouver, BC

This is going to be one of the most divisive movies of the year. I know Ari Aster was already steering away from horror with Beau Is Afraid, but it was still pretty fucked up. Here with Eddington, this is the closest he's gotten to "normal". It's super meta, even if it's 5 years removed from the quarantine days of the pandemic, but feels meta mainly because it's probably the most high profile swipe at a portrayal of the social-political climate that accompanied those times. But honestly? I don't think it has much teeth. I couldn't quite place what angle it's coming from. You can't have your cake and eat it too. I get that it can be read as a breakdown of the induced insanity on all parts, but I don't think that's the common takeaway from those times. And many years from now, once this time has become a distant memory, I don't think a re-watch of this is going to get the cathartic reaction it totally had in reach.

Watched at the Marine Drive Cineplex. Seems that Scotiabank Theatre is passing on this one.