Set in the pandemic’s early days, the noted horror director’s Covid comedy satirizes the national mood during lockdown. Reactions have been polarizing.

The Eddington first reactions have divided critics, after Ari Aster's Western comedy recently premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

It's no surprise that "Eddington," the provocative new film from writer and director Ari Aster, has brought about a wide range of varied reactions following its Friday night premiere in Cannes, because the director says that the film itself is about the different realities we are living in and how far apart people are even when living right next to each other.