20 minutes to watch Joaquin Phoenix lose his mind — legally this time.
Acting
Phoenix's commitment to unhinged physical comedy is genuinely terrifying.
Direction
Noah Aster captures his brother's meticulous madness without explaining it away.
Production
The suburban hellscape sets are even more unhinged in daylight.
Director
Noah Aster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Noah Aster is Ari's actual brother, making this the most expensive home movie about familial resentment ever shot. The brothers reportedly fought constantly about whether to include Ari's on-set meltdowns.
Patti LuPone's single day of shooting required three months of prosthetic aging tests; she refused to break character even when the 'penis monster' puppet malfunctioned and sprayed crew with hydraulic fluid. This take made the final cut.
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