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Oct 12, 2018 · “Beautiful Boy” is based on both of their memoirs: David’s Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction and Nic’s Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines. Both men are writers—David Sheff is a longtime journalist—and individual details give their tale a rich specificity.
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 ...
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- Felix Van Groeningen
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- Steve Carell
“Beautiful Boy” is a heartbreaking father/son story based on the memoirs of author David Sheff and his son Nic. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022
Sep 8, 2018 · Timothée Chalamet, as a young crystal-meth addict, and Steve Carell, as the desperate father who's out to save him, hit a true and touching note in a staid but authentic addiction memoir. By Owen...
- 8 min
- Owen Gleiberman
Beautiful Boy: Directed by Felix van Groeningen. With Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull. 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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- Biography, Drama
- Felix van Groeningen
- 2018-10-25
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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Oct 11, 2018 · Directed by Felix Van Groeningen. Biography, Drama. R. 2 hours. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 11, 2018. The question that tears at David Sheff, a magazine writer living in Marin County, outside San...