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Beautiful Boy

Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet give blistering performances as a father and son in this gripping story of a family dealing with addiction over many years.

Drama 2018 121 mins

Director: Felix Van Groeningen

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Overview

David Sheff (Carell) has a life many would envy: a beautiful older teenage son Nic (Chalamet) to whom he is close; two younger children from his happy second marriage to artist Karen (Maura Tierney), a loving stepmother to his first son; a house near the north California coast; and notable success as a journalist with major publications like The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Life is good. An open, communicative father, he isn’t too alarmed when Nic casually experiments with marijuana. Then, without warning, Nic’s interest in drugs transforms, becoming more urgent, desperate even. The boy who loved books, music, surfing and his family is withdrawn, agitated, mercurial and dishonest. By the time David realises what’s happening, Nic is hooked on crystal meth.

Screenwriters Luke Davies (Lion) and Felix Van Groeningen adapts two memoirs (Tweak by Nic and David’s Beautiful Boy) into a powerful and moving account of a father and son’s struggle with addiction and its tragic consequences. Making his English-language debut, Felix Van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgica) directs with soulful restraint, allowing Ruben Impens’ (Raw) camera to capture with startling intimacy Carell and Chalamet’s visceral performances, which blaze at the heart of this intelligent, tough and inspiring film.

Director

Felix Van Groeningen

Featuring

Steve Carell , Timothée Chalamet , Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan

Genres

Drama

Certificate

drug misuse, frequent drug references, strong language, sex

Country

USA

Language

English

Accessibility

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