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Eddington
2025 148 min United States of America, Finland R 18+
★6.6
Western, Comedy, Crime
Director: Ari Aster
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Description
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.
Budget:
$25M
US Gross:
$10.22M
Worldwide:
$13.74M
Starring
Joaquin Phoenix
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Deirdre O'Connell
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Emma Stone
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Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2025
— Palme d'Or
Key opinion
Eddington is a daring genre mash that draws on pandemic and BLM tensions, featuring a standout Phoenix performance. However, its 2½‑hour length and overload of topical themes leave the narrative feeling uneven.
| Acting | Joaquin Phoenix’s gaunt, twitching presence anchors the sheriff’s descent into moral chaos | |
| Runtime | The 2½‑hour length stretches the narrative, leaving the climactic showdown feeling overstretched and anticlimactic | |
| Direction | Aster’s genre‑fusing direction alternates between daring satire and unfocused chaos, generating both inventive energy and narrative dilution | |
| Screenplay | The script overloads contemporary grievances, resulting in a sprawling, tonally inconsistent story that sacrifices coherence for topical commentary | |
| Theme | The film juxtaposes pandemic fatigue, BLM unrest, and political rivalry to mirror societal fractures, yet its broad strokes often feel didactic rather than nuanced |