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‘Eddington’ opens to mixed reception at Cannes

Ari Aster’s COVID-era Western ‘Eddington’, about a 2020 America quickly losing its mind to conspiracy theories, TikTok and political extremism, premiered to a mixed reception at the Cannes Film Festival.

‘Eddington’, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a muddled, mistake-prone sheriff who runs for mayor in a fictional New Mexico town, was among the most feverishly awaited American films at Cannes. It marks the first time in competition at the French festival for Aster, the lauded director of ‘Hereditary’, ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’.

It’s also his most politically ambitious film by a long shot. ‘Eddington’, which A24 will release in July, plunges into the pandemic psyche of the United States, plotting a small-town feud that swells to encompass nationwide events including mask mandates, the death of George Floyd and right-left divisions.

As a portrait of the US in microcosm, it’s hardly a more peaceful affair than ‘Midsommar’. When Joe Cross tires of the mask ordinances of the town’s mayor, he decides to oppose him in the upcoming election. Other pressures on Cross gradually increase, driving ‘Eddington’ toward a surreal and bloody eruption.

In Aster’s dark satire, both MAGA Republicans and elitist Democrats get skewered, but the new, ominous data centre just outside of town suggests a common social poison on the Internet.

‘Eddington’, predictably, proved divisive at Cannes. Some critics hailed it as an eerily accurate film about contemporary America, while others called it a tedious and wayward rumination.

After a not particularly enthusiastic standing ovation, Aster himself seemed both proud and apologetic for what he had wrought.

“I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what you think,” he said, smiling. Aster added: “I don’t know, sorry?”

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