“Beau Is Afraid” (*1/2 out of four) was a maddening melodrama about a man (Joaquin Phoenix) with severe mental health issues who suffers the sudden death of his mother (Patti Lupone) and embarks on a dark odyssey back home to hopefully give his life the comfort and closure it never had. Phoenix once again shows he’s willing to take on challenging material in a role even more unhinged and demented than his “Joker” role but this is awfully tough to take and unpleasant, not to mention long at about three hours. The kind of self-indulgent film either you love or hate.