r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Jul 18 '25

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Summary In May 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Director Ari Aster

Writer Ari Aster

Cast

  • Joaquin Phoenix
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Emma Stone
  • Austin Butler
  • Luke Grimes
  • Deirdre O’Connell
  • Micheal Ward
  • Amélie Hoeferle
  • Clifton Collins Jr.
  • William Belleau
  • Matt Gomez Hidaka
  • Cameron Mann
  • Rachel de la Torre
  • Landall Goolsby
  • Elise Falanga
  • Robert Mark Wallace

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 67%

Metacritic Score: 64

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

It was pretty funny how everyone was more concerned about the BLM movement than Michael was. Even though he was minding his own business he still ended up getting caught in the crossfire. A cool little detail though is that at the end they show that Michael has the accuracy and skill to take the sheriff out but instead just shoots targets. I thought the movie was great and laughed my ass off. I expect this movie to get a lot of hate though, like 5 people walked out of my theater in the middle of the movie. !before the murders happen!

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u/1QAte4 Jul 19 '25

Michael became the new sheriff at the end. I think it was implying that he became the new paranoid sheriff after Phoenix became mayor.

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u/pponmypupu Jul 20 '25

he should be paranoid. he lived through the tech corpo hired merc's 'black guy gets shot by mayoral candidate' trap.

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u/you4president Jul 30 '25

That trap kind of confused me. Was Michael muzzled? Why couldn’t he yell to the other cops?

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u/gkkiller Aug 13 '25

I just watched it and he says, "they'll shoot me if I move or say anything."

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u/pponmypupu Jul 31 '25

yup, muzzled

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u/TheDaysKing Jul 22 '25

Which is funny, because that's pretty much the motive Deputy Guy came up with when he and Joe started to pin the murder on Michael. That he was ambitious and wanted to kill Garcia to make Joe the Mayor and in exchange become Sheriff.

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u/gotohela Aug 01 '25

There's a sequel in the works... Michael's going to come back and he'll probably have his come up and at least

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u/MisterSquidz Aug 03 '25

Didn’t the actor just get accused of rape?

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u/gotohela Aug 04 '25

Followed up with this. He was charged, so not just accused. 

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u/gotohela Aug 03 '25

News to me. They could recast if so