Eddington portrays the challenges faced by Sheriff Joe Cross during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020. The film illustrates how the pandemic exacerbated existing tensions in a small town. Cross's wife becomes increasingly withdrawn, and the local conspiracy theories gain traction. With a diminished police force, Cross struggles to maintain order as external social movements disrupt the status quo. The film critiques the dumbing down of society and highlights the dangers of embracing extreme views.
"As America was seized by conspiracy theories and paranoia in the early, isolating days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all got a little dumber."
"Eddington is a little too eager to buy into the conspiracy theories it's supposedly satirizing. The result is a shallow, mean-spirited thriller that takes 'internet brainrot' too far."
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