Beautiful Boy (2018)

Directed by

Felix van Groeningen

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 2,893 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father watches his son struggle with a methamphetamine addiction. The story follows their relationship as it strains under the weight of the son's repeated relapses and attempts at recovery.

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What happens

Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen from a screenplay by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen and based on the 2008 memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. It stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. In the film, the father-son relationship between David Sheff (Carell) and Nic Sheff (Chalamet) becomes increasingly strained by the latter's drug addiction. Beautiful Boy is Van Groeningen's English-language feature debut. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 12, 2018, by Amazon Studios. It grossed $31.7 million against a budget of $19.3–25 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Carell and Chalamet. For his work, Chalamet earned nominations at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards and Critics' Choice Awards, among others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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