You feel it in a work that’s far less disciplined or refined.

Even ifBeau Is Afraid, writer/directorAri Asteris not.

Its a deliberately weird stew.

Joaquin Phoenix as Beau

He lives in a crummy apartment in what must be the shittiest neighborhood in all of America.

And so it goes.

A24 releasesBeau Is Afraidin U.S. theaters on April 21.

Rating:

2.5 out of 5