Beautiful Boy

– After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son Nic..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
2018
Beautiful Boy (2018)

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

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Producing Country:
USA
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Beautiful Boy (2018) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Oct 2018

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Felix van Groeningen

Writer:

Luke Davies (screenplay by), Felix van Groeningen (screenplay by), David Sheff (based on the book "Beautiful Boy" by), Nic Sheff (based on the book "Tweak" by)

Main Actors:

Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull

Plot:

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.

Production:

Amazon Studios

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
Metacritic:
62%