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Eddington is a 2025 American neo-Western thriller film written and directed by Ari Aster, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Emma Stone. Set in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, the film examines the political and social turmoil caused by the contested mayoral election fought between Sheriff Joe Cross and Mayor Ted Garcia.
The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2025, and was released in theaters by A24 on July 18, 2025. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $13.1 million worldwide.
Plot
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In late May 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Ted Garcia of Eddington, New Mexico, implements a lockdown and enforces mask mandates based on the Governor's orders at the state level. Local sheriff Joe Cross disapproves, arguing the mandates violate freedom of choice. Joe lives with his emotionally unstable wife, Louise, and her conspiracy-theorist mother, Dawn.
After confrontations with Ted, who is running for re-election with a tech-friendly campaign that would allow building a data center, Joe decides to run against him, much to the reclusive Louise's disapproval. He recruits officers Guy and Michael as campaign aides. Louise and Dawn invite radical cult leader Vernon Jefferson Peak for dinner, and during a discussion about their conspiratorial beliefs about pedophilia and child trafficking, Louise hints that her father abused her. Joe expresses disbelief in Vernon's professed backstory, which is based on recovered memories.
Meanwhile, Ted's son Eric gets involved in Black Lives Matter protests with his friend Brian and social justice-minded Sarah. Sarah unsuccessfully tries to persuade Michael to join their cause. To sway the election in his favor, Joe claims during a campaign event that Ted sexually assaulted Louise. She leaves town with Vernon after denying the allegations in an online video.
The next day, Joe confronts Ted under the pretext of a noise complaint at his residence during a fundraiser. Ted slaps Joe in front of campaign fundraiser guests. That evening, Joe shoots a vagrant dead and dumps his body in a nearby river. He next shoots Ted and Eric in their home with a sniper rifle and stages the scene as an Antifa attack. Meanwhile, a mysterious private jet carrying heavily armed terrorists heads toward Eddington. Officer Butterfly Jimenez of the Pueblo tribe gets involved in the investigation of the deaths since Joe shot his rifle on Pueblo land. Joe frames Michael as the killer and jails him to divert attention, but Butterfly makes connections pointing to the sheriff.
Eddington is attacked by the terrorists who kidnap Michael from the sheriff's office holding cell and set several fires during their escape. Joe and Guy find Michael in the desert, where he tries to warn them not to get close. An explosive detonates when the officers approach, killing Guy and severely wounding Michael. Joe heads back to Eddington, where he is targeted by snipers. After evading them in the desert and his home, he breaks into a gun store to arm himself. He fires his weapons haphazardly, accidentally shooting Butterfly's leg off who is then killed by a sniper moments later. Joe is eventually cornered and stabbed in the head by a terrorist, causing significant brain damage. He is saved by Brian, who guns down Joe's attacker while filming on his phone.
One year later, Brian has become a prominent conservative influencer, having capitalized on his filmed rescue of Joe from the terrorists. Joe was elected as the Mayor of Eddington, despite the fact that he is now paralyzed and brain damaged as a result of his attack. Dawn serves as his caregiver, and speaks on Joe's behalf during public appearances. After returning from the grand opening of the newly constructed data center, Joe and Dawn watch news coverage of Vernon and a pregnant Louise at a rally. Michael, who also survived and is now undersheriff, practices target shooting on the outskirts of town.
Cast
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Joaquin Phoenix as Joe Cross, Eddington's sheriff and a mayoral candidate
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Pedro Pascal as Ted Garcia, Eddington's incumbent mayor who is running for re-election
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Emma Stone as Louise Cross, Joe's wife
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Austin Butler as Vernon Jefferson Peak, a radical cult leader
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Luke Grimes as Guy Tooley, an officer at the Eddington sheriff's office
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Deirdre O'Connell as Dawn, Louise's mother
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Micheal Ward as Michael Cooke, an officer at the Eddington sheriff's office
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Amélie Hoeferle as Sarah Allen, a social justice influencer
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Clifton Collins Jr. as Lodge, a mentally ill vagrant
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William Belleau as Officer Butterfly Jimenez, an intrepid Pueblo policeman
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Matt Gomez Hidaka as Eric Garcia, Mayor Garcia's son
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Cameron Mann as Brian, Eric's best friend
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Rachel de la Torre as Paula, a local restaurant owner
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Amadeo Arzola as Laird, a vocal protestor
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Landall Goolsby as Will
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Robyn Reede as The Irate Woman
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Elise Falanga as Nicolette, a follower of Vernon
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King Orba as Warren, the New Mexico governor's economic advisor
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