Beautiful Boy (2018)
A true story of addiction, survival and family.
Director: Felix van Groeningen · Writers: Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen
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.
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video
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Trailer
Director
Felix van Groeningen
Cast
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 
Zachary Rifkin
8-Year-Old Nic Sheff 
Kue Lawrence
5-Year-Old Nic Sheff User Reviews (3)
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) It sets the scene for a quasi Office reunion between Carell and Amy Ryan (who played Holly Flax). But perhaps the most significant — and overlooked — reason is this: director Felix Van Groeningen’s 2012 film The Broken Circle Breakdown is, in my humble opinion, one of the best mov…
_**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__rough His Son's Addiction_ by David Sheff and _Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines_ by Nic Sheff, written for the screen by Luke Davies (_Life_; _Lion_) and Felix van Groeningen (_The Broken Circle Breakdown_), and directed by van Groeningen in his English language debut, _Beautiful Boy_ is a fi…
> “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 movie will make you cry and this movie will make you think, it's made incredibly well and is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen that everyone should watch.
