Beautiful Boy

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Beautiful Boy

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2018

1h 52m

Biography

Drama

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Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.

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Critics Consensus

Beautiful Boy sees Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell delivering showcase work that's often powerful enough to make up for the story's muted emotional impact.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

01/29/2019

I would be lying if I didn't say that I found it moving.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

01/26/2019

Beautiful Boy has a remorseless emotional integrity... It is frustrating, repetitive and inconclusive, and all the more admirable for it.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

01/20/2019

3/5

I loved watching it. It's fantastically enjoyable.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

Sadly it’s a case where a lot of its components work in isolation, but not as a whole.

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Ryan McQuade

InSession Film

04/03/2024

D-

Maybe it was the talent behind the camera that brought it down, but we will never know if someone with a little more of a focused eye and pen could have done with the Sheff's story.

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Karen Gordon

Original Cin

05/02/2023

B+

Chalamet conveys all of the necessary contradictory emotions to portray an addict, paradoxically both in love with, and repulsed by, his own tendencies and actions. It's bravura work.

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Carolina S

@CarGabriela 4d

Very well made film. Great actors and characters. Very close to reality. Extremely sad story. If you are looking for lift me up, heart warming, feel good film, this is not it. It left me with a heavy heart for several minutes after.

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Matthew D

@OceanSage Jan 2

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell display deeply raw acting in an extraordinarily moving film. Belgian director Felix van Groeningen’s American indie drama Beautiful Boy (2018) is unbelievably touching and real. Beautiful Boy made me cry thanks to the tender and empathetic acting. Steve Carell is very subtle as the dejected dad David Sheff, who desperately wants to save his son Nic. Carell is so touching as this forlorn father, who really cares. It’s perhaps his best dramatic performance I’ve ever seen from Carell. Timothée Chalamet is outstanding as the despairing drug addict Nic Sheff, who bounces between entering rehab and injecting heroin. Beautiful Boy features some of Chalamet’s finest acting. Kaitlyn Dever is amazing as Nic’s girlfriend Lauren, who becomes a troubled drug addict herself because of Nic’s encouragement. In all, Beautiful Boy is heartbreaking, but ultimately hopeful. I was very touched by its optimistic and realistic sentiment.

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Chastin G.

@chastingarcia Nov 26

Very emotional and good story telling. Feels boring at times tho

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Cory

@D4rk_Ang3l.71 Nov 25

such a beautifully miserable movie, had me sobbing

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Obi-wan K

@Gordon_Freeman Nov 20

10/10 movie would not recommend

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Sarah H

Nov 16

This is a top 5 movie for me on so many levels. It's though provoking and gives a new face to addiction through Steve. I was beyond moved and I think it helps others relate and learn more about having a family member struggle with addiction. Its a movie that I recommend to all of my friends, but one that is a hard second time watch unless you want your heart broken again.

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Synopsis

Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.

Director: Felix van Groeningen
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenwriter: Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Plan B Entertainment, Amazon Studios
Rating: R (Drug Content Throughout|Brief Sexual Material|Language)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.6M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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