Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy is the new film directed by Felix Van Groeningen about a father David Sheff (Steve Carrell) struggling to save his son Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) from his crystal meth addiction.

Many films have been made about this subject matter but no film has ever come as close to reality as this one does. The main reason for this is that it is a true story, based on David Sheff’s book Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction and Nic Sheff’s book Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines. 

The film stays away from Hollywood cliches and manufactured emotional manipulation. Instead, choosing to focus on the love that Carrel’s character has for his son.

Chalamet gives a career-transforming performance as a young man torn between staying sober and wanting to make his father proud and falling headfirst into the abyss of meth. 

The film is not just visually stunning but emotionally beautiful. Overall, the film conveys the exhausting struggle to love someone who is an addict. 

Easily one of the best films this year.

★★★★★

Reviewed by Angela Stevens

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