You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Bowe's Afraid.

I am so sorry for what your daddy passed down to you.

But I wanted a child, the greatest gift of my life.

I'm visiting my mother tomorrow.

All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Bo is Afraid, and the story is as follows.

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts

his darkest fears as he

embarks on an epic Kafka-esque Odyssey back home. The film is starring Joaquin Phoenix,

Patty Lippone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Parker Posey.

It is written and directed by Ari Aster and here to join me today for this

spoiler-filled podcast review. I have Emma Sassick. Emma is afraid. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

We also have Josh Parham. Hello, hello.

And Dan Bear.

Do, do, do, do now.

I did not expect that collab ever.

I highly doubt I will hear a better deal drop this year, truly.

I lost it. I lost it.

I believe it.

So, as I said at the top here, for those who have not seen Bo as afraid, definitely

go see the movie, come back, listen to us because we are not going to hold back from

talking about spoilers. The film's been

screening now in limited release for two weeks, and now in wide release, it just came out

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