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Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Descend into Covid-Era Madness in ‘Eddington’

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Summary
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55% Informative

Ari Aster's new film Eddington is a nasty and erratic satire that premiered here at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16 .

The film begins in strangely laidback fashion, rambling through a small New Mexico town in May of 2020 as it introduces us to a cast of shaggy characters who are mostly just trying to get by.

The film's best parts are when it devolves into an anarchic shooting spree.

Aster is allowed his pessimism, his equal opportunity offense, but his brush is perhaps too broad.

Eddington verges on crankism; it’s a film whose anger is sourced in exasperation.

VR Score

56

Informative language

56

Neutral language

10

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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