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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Steve Carell
David Sheff
Timothée Chalamet
Nic Sheff
Maura Tierney
Karen Barbour
Amy Ryan
Vicki Sheff
Christian Convery
Jasper Sheff
Oakley Bull
Daisy Sheff
Kaitlyn Dever
Lauren
Stefanie Scott
Julia
Julian Works
Gack
Jack Dylan Grazer
12-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Director
Felix van Groeningen
Screenplay
Luke Davies
Tagline
"A true story of addiction, survival and family."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$31,749,905
Production
Plan B Entertainment
cityguide
September 5, 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 ...
Stephen Campbell
July 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 a...
Kali
January 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...
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