You can watch Beau Is Afraid very carefully and get near the end and still have a whole lot of questions. second viewing of the movie might be more illuminating than the first. Sink into it and don’t try to pick it apart, and you’ll get it. Get stuck on the details and you’ll lose the plot. Obviously, it’s awesome and I love it, and a lot of people won’t. And that’s ok. It’s manifestly not for everyone.