Travis Hopsin of Punch Drunk Critics says the fear surrounding the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the George Floyd protests that’s depicted in Eddington is “designed to enrage us,” but the most terrifying part of Ari Aster’s film is how accurate it is. The critic says:

Some 15 years after his most infamous live TV interview, Joaquin Phoenix has revealed the trainwreck was “one of the worst nights” of his life.