Happening during Ted's re-election campaign, Joe decides to combat Ted by running against him. At home, Joe lives with his stunted wife Louise (Emma Stone), who passes time by painting odd-looking dolls, and his conspiracy theorist mother-in-law, Dawn (Deirdre O'Connell).

A New Mexico sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and the town mayor (Pedro Pascal) butt heads in the early days of COVID in Ari Aster's Western "Eddington."

Ari Aster’s Eddington is a unique take that will hold your attention and give you some stuff to think about, but probably bit off more than it had to.

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:

O n paper, a thriller comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascalwould soar to high heights in audiences' hearts, but that is seemingly not the case for the dynamo actors' up