disappointing to come on here and see that all the reviews almost exclusively focus on a literal interpretation of the third act. yes, beau is afraid is about literal mommy issues to an extent, but it's a much broader critique of the impossibility of living in modern society, something that aster makes very clear in the first two hours of the film. we cannot understand the relationship between beau and his mother without also understanding his mother as a capitalist…

look i don't like being the asshole who says if you don't like a movie you didn't get it but genuinely if you think this isn't a vicious critique of the development of an american fascist movement you are politically illiterate at best. this is a film about 1) the far right radicalization pipeline, 2) the absolute ineptitude of the left to actually respond to this radicalization and provide an alternative path forward, and 3) ultimately, how capitalists control our…