Beau flees into the woods, running into a branch and knocking himself ... Here is where we can start to see that Beau Is Afraid is a kind of super-sadistic version of The Truman Show.

“Beau Is Afraid” flips the idea on its head ... with a vein of genuine feeling running through it. Its resonances with Beau’s experiences in the rest of the film are omnipresent but rarely ...

BEAU IS AFRAID – and confused and feeling guilty and often fleeing ... events which increase his fear and often his sense of guilt, and generally send him running in panic. At one point, he is ...

In this early sequence from the bleak comedy “Beau Is Afraid,” the frame is packed ... then ultimately running, through his neighborhood, employs a technique called “chicken fat.” ...

goes running out into the street, is held at gunpoint by a cop, gets hit by a car and is stabbed by a homeless man several times. Beau Is Afraid is destined to inspire extreme reactions – but ...

Beau Is Afraid is also, I think ... Jeeves comes crashing through the underbrush, and Beau is off running again. At last, Beau makes it to his mother’s house. But he is too late.

Beau Is Afraid Rated R for adult language and themes. Running time: 2 hours 59 minutes. In theaters. Manohla Dargis is the chief film critic of The Times, which she joined in 2004. She has an M.A ...

With its indulgent three-hour running time and telling no-festival ... course that his life could take. Like so much of “Beau Is Afraid,” this archetypal digression boils down to a punchline.

“Beau is Afraid” has much on its mind and it’s ... these different episodes (and the film is broken up into segments, making the running time digestible) focus on how our relationships ...

"Beau Is Afraid" flips the idea on its head ... with a vein of genuine feeling running through it. Its resonances with Beau's experiences in the rest of the film are omnipresent but rarely ...

With its indulgent three-hour running time and telling no-festival ... self-indulgent and frequently surreal third feature, “Beau Is Afraid,” lingering long enough to witness the infant ...