IMDb plot summary: In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Directed by Ari Aster. Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Deirdre O'Connell, and Emma Stone.
Eddington is Ari Aster’s newest film starring Joaquin Phoenix as a small-town sheriff who finds himself at odds with the mayor and the restrictions being placed on him during COVID, so he decides to run for mayor himself. What a strange movie this is. It starts off feeling very dreadcore but then that peters out, and it feels likes a more straightforward Coen Brothers crime film. Joaquin Phoenix absolutely nails the unsettling vibes of someone who has been pushed to their limit and is now terrifyingly unpredictable. Overall though, the film doesn't manage to stick the landing. It somehow becomes less and less upsetting the more it goes on and lands in more bland territory. It's lower on my Ari Aster list for sure, but we don't get a lot of films deliberately portraying this time in recent history, and that alone makes it an interesting watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Eddington (2025)
📊 Ranked #2085/4162 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 50
lost to Phantom Thread (held at #2078)
beat The Big House (#3118 → #3119)
beat Raging Bull (#2598 → #2599)
beat Selma (#2338 → #2339)
beat Napoleon (#2207 → #2208)
beat Splash (#2142 → #2143)
beat What Women Want (#2110 → #2111)
beat Pride and Prejudice (#2094 → #2095)
beat Cypher (#2086 → #2087)
lost to Raising Arizona (held at #2082)
lost to Blackadder: Back & Forth (held at #2084)
beat Blackmail Is My Life (#2085 → #2086)
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