
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
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| Every Movie Has a LessonDon ShanahanA touchingly stout drama that is braver than most films on the subject of drug addiction as well as one of the best to ever depict it with breadth. |
| Caimán Cuadernos de CineCarlos F. HerederoAs mediocre as it is sensational and predictable. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Little White LiesElla KempWhat separates this performance from other depictions of drug addiction or difficult teenagehood is that Chalamet walks a careful line of irrational disorder and genuine compassion which translates pain and hatred with incredible, universal sensitivity. |
| Times (UK)Kevin MaherYet Beautiful Boy is that rare cinematic artifact, a film that purports to be about one thing (in this case, addiction), but when you scrape away the surface dazzle, is really about everything. |
| World of ReelJordan RuimyFor a movie with considerable talents involved, "Beautiful Boy" lacks the dramatic sparks needed to get us invested in its story. |
| Crooked MarqueeEric D. SniderGives Steve Carell the opportunity to do some fine dramatic work as a loving father experiencing the multiple heartbreaks of parenthood. |
| Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThe leads are superb, buoyed by Amy Ryan as Nic's mom, Maura Tierney as his stepmother, and LisaGay Hamilton in a moving cameo. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasForget "Halloween." For parents, the scariest movie of the season is "Beautiful Boy." |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Josh TerryIt sounds like a terrible pun, but over and over again, the best word to describe the experience of watching "Beautiful Boy" is "sobering." |
| Saporta Report (Atlanta)Eleanor Ringel CaterChalomet walks off with the movie. He's like James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause... |