Critique of the film “Eddington”: a missed opportunity … despite Pedro Pascal

Ari Aster, filmmaker of Midsummer (With Florence Pugh) This time tries to convince with a satirical western featuring Pedro Pascal, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Austin Butler.

We plunge back into the era of the pandemic. Furthermore, the compulsory port of the mask and the distances to be observed. However, In May 2020. For example, in the small imaginary town of Eddington, in New Mexico, the mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) applied the sanitary measures to the letter. However, The Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) is at the antipodes. No mask, no distancing … and a flirt with a few conspiracy theories, including his wife, Louise (Emma Stone), is fond. Ted. Joe are also cold, the first having seduced Louise before she was with Joe and Joe presenting himself against Ted in the race for the town hall critique film “eddington”: missed opportunity new election.

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The town is also shaken by the upheavals of Black Lives Matter. while Dawn (Deirdre O’Connell), Louise’s mother, relays what she reads worse on the Internet and her daughter succumbs to the calls of Vernon Jefferson Peak (Austin Butler), a sort of sect guru.

There are some good finds in the 149 minutes of this Eddingtonwhich re -examines the pandemic of Covid. The dialogues are often impactful. the character of Joe Cross is carried by a joaquin Phoenix in great shape indulging in critique film “eddington”: missed opportunity new his role of stupid who gives himself a mission.

We sprinkle in front of the scriptwriting holes. Additionally, the last part with dubious coherence and the too thin role of Emma Stone. Overall interesting. but unfortunately too long and sometimes even a little simplistic (especially in the link between the Maga and the Pandemic movement), Eddington However, constitutes a good effort of a director who has used us better. But maybe it is because Asster wrote Eddington Five years ago and that he should have been his first film.

Note: 3 out of 5

Eddington Considers on the screens of the province from July 18.