What Are Critics Saying About Pascal And Phoenix Film?

Ari Aster’s COVID drama Eddington — starring Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix — is new in theaters. How are Rotten Tomatoes critics receiving the film?

Written and directed by Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar), Eddington opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. The logline for the film reads, “In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Phoenix) and mayor (Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.”

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Rated R, Eddington also stars Luke Grimes, Deidre O’Connell, Michael Ward, Austin Butler and Emma Stone.

As of Friday, Rotten Tomatoes critics have given Eddington a 66% “fresh” rating based on 143 reviews.

The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, “Eddington carries a stellar cast, fearless direction by Ari Aster and an off-kilter story, but its tonal misdirection will often leave viewers wanting.”

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The RT Popcornmeter score based on verified user ratings and audience summary is still pending.

What Are Individual Critics Saying About ‘Eddington’?

Bob Mondello of NPR is among the top critics on RT who gives Eddington a “fresh” review, writing, “The director’s provocations keep igniting like firecrackers in a crowded classroom as Phoenix becomes persuasively unhinged, which makes for a compelling enough watch, though what it all adds up to is anyone’s guess.”

Also giving the film a “fresh” review on RT is Alissa Wilkinson of The New York Times, who writes in her review summary, “Your mileage will vary according to your stomach for this stuff, but I found myself breathless with giggles at times, sometimes the therapeutic laugh of recognition and sometimes because Aster has a keen eye for what’s most absurd about human nature.”

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Nick Schager of The Daily Beast also has a positive take on Eddington, writing in his RT review summary, “Taking aim at the left, the right, and every mad thing in-between, it’s a fierce and funny provocation designed to p— off everyone along the political spectrum.”

Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post is among the top critics on RT who gives Eddington a “rotten” review, writing, [Ari] Aster isn’t wrong, but by the grotesque, Oedipally tinged conclusion of his cri de coeur, what might have been an energizing or at least enraging cautionary tale ends in a what-just-happened shrug. Let the bad times scroll, on and on.”

In his “rotten” review summary on RT, Peter Howell writes of Eddington, It’s a satire without laughs. A fright movie without jump scares. A western without an obvious villain. A social commentary minus a moral compass.”

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Lindsay Bahr of The Associated Press isn’t a fan of Eddington, either, writing in her RT review summary, “Perhaps it’s the kind of movie that future Gen-Alpha cinephiles will point to as being ahead of its time … But right now, Eddington feels like the last thing any of us need.”

Eddington opens on Friday in theaters nationwide.

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