Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- sardonic
- uncomfortable
- paranoid
- late night viewing
- political satire marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film's audacious genre fusion and vivid depiction of pandemic-era polarization, while remaining sharply divided over its satire, politics, characters, and pacing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot turns a 2020 small-town standoff into a conflict shaped by protest politics, competing truths, and public performance.
The film moves from darkly comic pandemic-era tensions toward a chaotic, violent thriller register.
Eddington, New Mexico functions as a modern frontier community where civic authority and neighborly trust deteriorate.
The standoff is fueled by accusations, conspiracy thinking, protest conflict, and digitally mediated self-identification.
Films like Eddington, and why
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
shares contemporary western form, dark comedy, political polarization, and escalating community conflict
The Lobster
shares blackly comic social satire, small-town dysfunction, crime, and morally unstable characters
No Country for Old Men
shares contemporary western atmosphere, crime thriller tension, and bleak examination of social collapse
Don’t Look Up
shares pandemic-era anxiety, conspiracy culture, provocative satire, and discomforting tonal instability
Movie Details
- Director
- Ari Aster
- Release Date
- 2025-07-16
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (964)
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Deirdre O'Connell
- Emma Stone
- Micheal Ward
- Pedro Pascal
- Cameron Mann
- Matt Gomez Hidaka
- Luke Grimes
- Amélie Hoeferle
- Clifton Collins Jr.
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Eddington about?
- Ari Aster turns a 2020 New Mexico civic standoff into a volatile black comedy about pandemic paranoia, political identity, and communal collapse.
- What is Eddington like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Eddington as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Eddington violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Eddington as graphic.
- What did critics think of Eddington?
- Critics broadly recognized the film's audacious genre fusion and vivid depiction of pandemic-era polarization, while remaining sharply divided over its satire, politics, characters, and pacing.
- Which films are like Eddington?
- Films with a similar feel include Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Lobster, No Country for Old Men, and Don’t Look Up.
- How long is Eddington?
- Eddington runs 148 minutes.
- Where can I watch Eddington?
- In United States, Eddington streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
