Beautiful Boy lacks so much as a foreground, or much of any ground at all. Yet Beautiful Boy is that rare cinematic artifact, a film that purports to be about one thing (in this case, addiction), but when you scrape away the surface dazzle, is really about everything. Having not read the source material this may immediately mean less to me, but the structuring of this story as its done in the film doesn't help. We never spend long enough periods with either of the characters to garner any real sympathy for them-not until the end anyway when Carell brings it all home. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. ... Rotten Tomatoes Predicts the Oscar Winners. Carell is heroically good as the father vexed by his powerless compassion and Chalamet equal to him in his wrestling, restless awareness of his own path to destruction.

R (Drug Content Throughout|Brief Sexual Material|Language), drama, Beautiful Boy lacks so much as a foreground, or much of any ground at all. ?t know if they would be better or worse, but for certain things would change.". | Rating: 4/5 All rights reserved. Coming Soon. Yes, it mirrors the cycle of addiction that plague so many people, but that doesn't make for good storytelling. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Carell is heroically good as the father vexed by his powerless compassion and Chalamet equal to him in his wrestling, restless awareness of his own path to destruction. There's no real story. Stuck in an unhappy but comfortable marriage, businessman Bill (Michael Sheen) and his wife, Kate (Maria Bello), are shocked when they learn that their son, Sammy (Kyle Gallner), has gone on a deadly shooting spree on his college campus before committing suicide. Just confirm how you got your ticket. It felt like it was taking this a long time to really find its groove and then I checked my phone to see where we were time-wise and it was an hour and a half in. |, July 25, 2020 I loved watching it. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. Forgot your password? Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs & The Church of the SubGenius, Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More. |, July 25, 2020 It's not hard to see what the film is trying to do in telling the two parallel perspectives of the father and the son caught in this battle with addiction, but in doing so what results is a disjointed mess of a movie (at least upon first watch). "Beautiful Boy" is a fairly good melodrama about a married couple struggling to comprehend why their son commits a Columbine-style massacre at his college. Don't have an account? Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Our hearts go out to it, but we're ultimately let down. Copyright © Fandango. Coming Soon, Regal In Beautiful Boy, the themes are vast but the picture is small, and the ensuing emptiness is what the characters are meant to feel -- not us.