"This is Aster’s funniest film to date, and makes use of an ever expanding and shifting cast to dot the 150-minute runtime with well-observed comic details and visual payoffs."—Sophie Monks Kaufman, Independent (UK)

"Aster has given us another movie that chills you, unnerves you and makes you want to crawl out of your skin. You just wish this one didn’t feel so close to being nonfiction."—David Fear, Rolling Stone

“Phoenix, as ever, commits to the bit and then some, and he keeps his gallon-hat sporting tinpot demagogue anchored with enough downhome charm to keep you second-guessing his motives."—David Jenkins, Little White Lies

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.