Beautiful Boy (2018)

Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the latter’s drug addiction. There are about a billion reasons to see this movie: 1) Basically everyone in the cast has been nominated for an Oscar (save for Maura Tierney, who has a Golden Globe and two Emmy noms); 2) Timothée Chalamet; 3) The memoirs are incredible (and not super expensive on Amazon, so you can catch up before the movie comes out); 4…

Stephen Campbell

6.0

Jul 12, 2019

_**Earnest and heartfelt, but narratively awkward, and emotionally unengaging**_ > _They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The problem with being human isn't really so temporary._ - Nic Sheff; _Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines_ (2008) > _Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself._ - David Sheff; _Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction_ (2008) Based on the memoirs _Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Th…

Kali

10.0

Jan 16, 2025

> “Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you. And if you could gather all those words together, it still wouldn't describe what I feel for you. What I feel for you is everything. I love you more than everything.” \- David Sheff Beautiful Boy is a true, heart wrenching story of how a father attempts to care for his drug-addicted son. Told mostly, although not exclusively, from the perspective of David, the father, it shows how addiction can tear apart a family and how David Sheff dealt with it. This mov…