Honey Boy (2019)

Directed by

Alma Har'el

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 740 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young actor reckons with his traumatic childhood and his difficult relationship with his father. The story moves between his past and present as a troubled adult.

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What happens

Honey Boy is a 2019 American drama film directed by Alma Har'el and written by Shia LaBeouf, loosely based on his childhood and his relationship with his father. The film stars LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe and FKA Twigs. LaBeouf originally wrote the script as a form of therapy while in rehab. The project was announced in March 2018, and the cast was filled out over the next two months. Filming took place in Los Angeles over the course of about three weeks. Honey Boy had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019, and was released on November 8, 2019, by Amazon Studios. The film received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised Har'el's direction as well as the performances of LaBeouf, Hedges and Jupe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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