Atom User Reviews for Beautiful Boy
Timothée Chalamet completely transformed to be Nic Sheff. The movie is worthy of seeing multiple times. So many details that will only catch your eyes after second or third watch.
A great depiction of what addition is and how it affects those around you. As such, it was one of the more depressing movies I've seen in years. All the acting was exceptional! It's hard to capture emotion like that but everyone did so well!
The way this film utilizes silence and relies heavily on realistic background noise is ingenious. This is a powerful film.
Powerful, emotional, heart-wrenching film with breathtaking performances by Uber-talented Timothee Chalamet and Carell. Not just a movie about drug addiction, but a beautiful love story between father and son. Definitely a strong Oscar contender for both leads, director,…
Deeply sad and you root for them all through the entire movie
Really great cast and acting. The story is powerful and hits close to home. It was very emotional. This is not an upbeat movie but definitely worth watching.
Extremely un-engaging. Steve Carrell plays a clueless father and it’s beyond frustrating. Anyone who knows about addiction will think this film is dull and contrived, even though it’s based on a true story.
Very heavy drama and very true to life
This movie was brutal, but so honest. It was depressing, but it shows the reality of addiction, and though very sad, it does live you with a sense of hope. The acting was suburb! Timothee and Steve were amazing! I loved the movie, but maybe because it hit really close to…
I loved how the events were connected between past to present and back . it really felt Real .I highly recommend it . to parents or families with teen to be watched together .
Loved, loved, loved...
Terrific acting - highly emotional
Timothée Chalamet he is the best actor ever. Connect everybody with his character emotion. It a movie everybody should see it Because it is a reality today. Most people prefer not to realise the tough situation.
Incredibly moving...tremendous acting by the whole cast...Steve Carell breaks your heart as a parent watching his kid spiral into hell...it really helps to have read both David and Nic’s books before seeing the movie.
typical treatment center film that parents are required to watch when they take their kid in for detox and treatment.
Seriously this could have been so much better. I should have waited for a rental.
great movie, excellent acting, just wished there would of been a little more depth of history with all the characters. I thought the movie was a little too long for what it was.
Great casting.
The movie didn’t engage me and fails to show the drama and disruption of a family watching a loved one sink into addiction. The series of vignettes, flashbacks and short scenes didn’t help building the dramatic tension. Movies such as “Candy” (2006), “Things we lost in the…
Was beautiful and heartbreaking but I found it kind of jumped around at the beginning in a way that was slightly confusing. Overall, it was a fantastic movie and I 100% recommend seeing the film.
The acting was great as a Steven Carrell Fan I think the movie and acting is all award worthy!!!
Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell brought this true story alive!!! ABSOLUTELY WORTH SEEING!!! Touching story
Such a great movie! Let’s you see the true love of a father& the importance of family!
WATCH THE ENTIRE CREDITS. DONT BE ONE OF THOSE WHO WALKS OUT IMMEDIATELY. YOU WILL MISS OUT!
Showed the struggle of the drug addict and the family he/she would affect greatly through the Scheff family, especially with the great cast.
The entire Timothée Chalamet fan(girl)dom (of which, I'll admit, I'm a member of) is raving about this movie, how it's a tearjerker, etc. For me, it just felt a little flat, and I agree 100% with Todd from The Hollywood Reporter. The end credits is the best part of the…
Timothee Chalamet is truly amazing and heartbreaking in this role. The rest of the movie is disjointed, with poor structure caused by bad editing.
A little long but worth seeing for Timothy Chalamet's luminous performance. Steve Carell seems to be suffering from an cute case of Jim Carreyitis--a comic who will stop at nothing to win a drama Oscar. He's okay but his high-pitched yelling is 100% Michael Scott.
What a touching story. And a huge wake up call. So thankful Nic is thriving now. I cannot Imagine the heartache his parents endured
Realista
Sad/heartbreaking but something was missing. Acting was good so I'm thinking something was lost in editing.
The chemistry between Steeve and Timothee is just on point. The most important thing about the movie is its story.
horrible
sad
great acting. Might be the best thing that barely saves the film
Very long and dragged out, but as a person who has dealt with an addict for the past 7 years, there was some accuracy going on here.
For those who can relate
heart-wrenching; true to life; phenomenal acting throughout.
Just like problem of addiction it dragged on for very long
Terrible. Acting so monatone we actually left before it was over. Very depressing movie.
Wish it followed the book more closely in terms of events. The movie seemed to skip over stuff in order to fully understand the story. They never mentioned the fathers brain issue either. Overall good, but could have been better.
Excellent acting .excellent use of music in the scenes , Beautiful pictures
Actors were great, but just couldn't get fully emotionally involved. Too many flashbacks.
Very good enactment of addiction and its' effect on the entire family.
This movie shows what addiction does to families and doesn’t just focus on the total selfishness of addiction, albeit unintentional. It wasn’t boring. It was REAL.
A little slow, but absolutely real. Probably most understandable by those who have lived addiction in some way. And will jerk a tear for those who have. Acting is excellent. This is an old story. The Dad was on oprah like 20 years ago with the book of the same name on which…
Truly an amazing movie!
Intense but needed message. Awesome cast!
As close to reality as it gets. Addiction is snatching lives up at an alarming rate.
Sad, raw, and eye opening
Metacritic
Carell, Chalamet and their supporting players can only spit-shine a relatively rote addiction story so much; by the time the thrill of their work passes, it’s easy to find oneself waiting for more.
It may not be a great movie, but Timotheé Chalamet delivers a performance so vibrant that it almost rubs off on everything else, and he’s matched in every scene by Steve Carell, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan.
The detachment at work in Beautiful Boy suggests an attempt to speak clearly and truthfully, to resist the clichés of the addiction drama while acknowledging that those clichés can hardly be rewritten.
