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Beautiful Boy
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Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American drama and biographical film directed by Felix van Groeningen. The screenplay was written by Luke Davies, based on the work of David Sheff. Produced by Plan B Entertainment, the film features Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. It was distributed by Amazon MGM Studios.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and explores themes of addiction, coming of age, and family. The production had a budget of $25,000,000 and generated $31,749,905 in revenue. The runtime is listed as 121 minutes or 120 minutes. The film received an R rating.
Critical assessments include a 67% review score, a 6.5/10 rating, and a 62/100 Metascore. The IMDb rating is 7.4. The film was nominated for one BAFTA Award and received ten wins and thirty-one nominations in total.
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Film · TMDB
7.5After 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.
Cast
- Steve Carell as David Sheff
- Timothée Chalamet as Nic Sheff
- Maura Tierney as Karen Barbour
- Amy Ryan as Vicki Sheff
- Christian Convery as Jasper Sheff
- Oakley Bull as Daisy Sheff
Themes
- based on novel or book
- san francisco, california
- drug addiction
- biography
- based on true story
- drug rehabilitation
- based on memoir or autobiography
- father son relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
117,984 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award10 wins & 31 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- family
- Director
- Felix van Groeningen
- Screenwriter
- Luke Davies
- Cast member
- Amy Ryan
- Producer
- Jeremy Kleiner
- Production company
- Plan B Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Ruben Impens
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 631683
- Official website
- www.beautifulboy.movie
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- title
- Beautiful Boy
- publication date
- 2019-01-31
- Commons category
- Beautiful Boy (2018 film)
- social media followers
- 12030
- review score
- 62/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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