Beautiful Boy

Movie

2018

2h 1m

English

Drama

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7.6

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After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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Beautiful Boy

Movie

2018

2h 1m

English

Drama

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After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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7.6

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Cast

David Sheff

Nicholas "Nic" Sheff

Karen Barbour

Vicki Sheff

Jasper Sheff

Daisy Sheff

Lauren

Julia

Gack

12-Year-Old Nic Sheff

8-Year-Old Nic Sheff

5-Year-Old Nic Sheff

Dr. Brown

Diane

Spencer

Destiny

Rose

Vince

Annie Goldblum

Julia's Mother

Brandon James Cienfuegos

Kid

Kid

Kid

Flight Attendant

Nurse @ Bellevue

Directed By: Felix van Groeningen

Written By: Luke Davies (Screenplay), Felix van Groeningen (Screenplay)

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faithful soul says...

5 years ago

I disagree with many of the comments on this page. Sure, the film is slow paced, but what did people expect? Car chases, the next Trainspotting? It's a very well made film, being at once an unsensationalistic look at how drugs can ruin a man's life (and that of his family), and the loving relationship between a father and his son. The film resonated with me on a personal level too, and brought back memories of the young people I knew who are no longer here thanks to the evil (and I mean that word in a very real sense) of drugs. Oh, and the performances were stellar. Watch it, and then make a special effort to love the people closest to you.

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IamDWG says...

6 years ago

Whoooooo this is boring. Its technically well acted and put together, even an important look at addiction, but what a snore-fest

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

A devastating look at how addiction can not only ruin one person's life but also their family's too. The film can be really frustrating at times but that is what addiction is. Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell both give fantastic performances.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

5 years ago

That was a deep film and I enjoyed it.. strong performance from all..

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arash Mihajlović

4 years ago

Belgian Director Felix Van Groningen ("The Broken Circle" 2012 - Winner of multiple Film Festival Awards) brings the best selling pair of memories, "Beautiful Boy" by father David Sheff and "Tweak" by son Nic Sheff to the big screen with heart-wrenching perfection. Steve Care More

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Stephen Campbell

5 years ago

_**Earnest and heartfelt, but narratively awkward, and emotionally unengaging**_

> _They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The problem with being human isn't really so temporary._

- Nic Sheff; _Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines_ (2008)

> _Anyone who has lived t More

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cityguide

6 years ago

Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the latter’s drug addiction.

There are about a More

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