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Beautiful Boy

Cast

Steve Carell, Timoth�e Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan View All

Crew

Luke Davies (Screenplay), Felix van Groeningen (Screenplay), Felix van Groeningen (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 12th, 2018

Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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Takoma11
Despite support from David, stepmother Karen (Maura Tierney), and biological mother, Vicki (Amy Ryan), Nic yo-yos between sobriety and heavy use, leaving his family to feel helpless and unmoored as the consequences of Nic's drug use become more and more serious.

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Gideon58
Director and co-screenwriter Felix van Groeningen has crafted a story that provides equal doses of family warmth and stark realism as we watch a father absolutely clueless about addiction wanting to do whatever he can to help his son and even though the message is a little heavy-handed, this is one ....