Premiering on May 16th, Eddington, which follows the political turmoil during 2020, affects two specific individuals in the town of Eddington, New Mexico. The individuals are the small town's sheriff and the mayor. The cast is filled with popular names such as Joaquin Pheonix (Joe Cross, the sheriff), Pedro Pascal (Ted Garcia, Ted Garcia), Emma Stone (Louise Cross, Joe's wife), Austin Butler (Vernon Jefferson Peak), Micheal Ward (Micheal, Joe's trainee), Luke Grimes (Guy, an officer in Eddington) and Deirdre O'Connell (Dawn, Louise's mother). This is director Ari Aster's fourth feature-length film, with his hefty filmography including smash hits such as Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), and Beau is Afraid (2023). The film comes in at two hours and twenty-eight minutes and has a current IMDB score of 6.9/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 62%. 

This film should not have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, not because it was bad, on the contrary, it's a great movie, instead because almost all the jokes are centered around America and its political climate, so they mostly flew over the heads of those who aren't American or who aren't up to date on what has happened and what is still happening in American politics. There were so many points where something hilarious would happen, and the only people who could be heard laughing were myself and a few others. In a few months, once it hits American theaters, this film will do a lot better, pick up more traction, and be much more memorable. The comedy in this movie was on point, coming from somebody who lives in America and lived in America at that time Ari Aster did a phenomenal job of poking fun at the extremes of both sides of the political spectrum and the embedded irony within it.

Joaquin Phoenix did a terrific job as Joe Cross and showed off how funny he can be without even trying, This was a much better performance than in Beau is Afraid, even though that was still a great performance. All the actors played their roles perfectly, although a couple of characters didn't get as much screen time as would be assumed with how famous they are and how important they are made out to be in the poster and the trailer. Overall, the film is definitely an Ari Aster film, filled with everything that is to be expected from him. The first forty minutes or so are a little slow, but they are important for setting everything that is to come. However, once those are over, the film really starts to pick up, and that's when Ari Aster shines and the film starts to amp up to its final act, where everything goes crazy and comes together so well. With such an impressive filmography it's almost impossible for Ari Aster to outdo himself, this film does a lot of things right that didn't land in Beau is Afraid (2023), however, it is a different direction from Hereditary (2018), and Midsommar (2019), so sadly it isn't as great as those, but on it's own it stands tall and is a great film and a hilarious one at that!