Beautiful Boy

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Beautiful Boy

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2018

1h 52m

Biography

Drama

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Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.

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Critics Consensus

Beautiful Boy sees Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell delivering showcase work that's often powerful enough to make up for the story's muted emotional impact.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

01/29/2019

I would be lying if I didn't say that I found it moving.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

01/26/2019

Beautiful Boy has a remorseless emotional integrity... It is frustrating, repetitive and inconclusive, and all the more admirable for it.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

01/20/2019

3/5

I loved watching it. It's fantastically enjoyable.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

Sadly it’s a case where a lot of its components work in isolation, but not as a whole.

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Ryan McQuade

InSession Film

04/03/2024

D-

Maybe it was the talent behind the camera that brought it down, but we will never know if someone with a little more of a focused eye and pen could have done with the Sheff's story.

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Karen Gordon

Original Cin

05/02/2023

B+

Chalamet conveys all of the necessary contradictory emotions to portray an addict, paradoxically both in love with, and repulsed by, his own tendencies and actions. It's bravura work.

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Haylley S

@Hpowerschield 1d

I thought it was a beautiful portrayal. My heart still aches weeks after watching. All round, very well done.

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Elin L

@Elin_Agnes May 6

I feel like it should have been longer, to go into depth more. It's hard to put years of misery/struggle for everyone involved and the effects it has, on all of the family members, into a movie that takes less than 120 minutes.

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Nidhi P

@Pnidhi1 Apr 19

One of the best movies I’ve ever laid eyes on. Anything with Timothy is gut wrenching and bomb. People who said it was slow and confusing don’t understand the meaning and deepness behind this and the topic. This movie shifted me.

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Julie S

@Joolsaph Apr 11

Heart wrenching...another Chalamet masterpiece

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Adeline M

@RT74821641 Mar 24

The critics are missing the point, "it felt as if it were missing something", "beautiful scenes that don’t work well together" is the point of the movie. The epitome of addiction. It’s messy, it doesn’t make sense and it hurts, and this movie encapsulates it beautifully. This is a harshly under rated movie, not once have I seen addiction portrayed so accurately and impactful. This shows both perspectives, the family’s and the addicts so well. This is a must watch.

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Angelina B.

@angelinabud Mar 22

Shows that addiction not only impacts the person but everyone around them as well. It was a bit boring at certain times, but overall I can relate to this movie growing up with addicts

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Synopsis

Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.

Director: Felix van Groeningen
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenwriter: Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Plan B Entertainment, Amazon Studios
Rating: R (Drug Content Throughout|Brief Sexual Material|Language)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.6M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)