Beautiful Boy

This was honestly such a beautifully made film that brought to life real story of drug addictions. Watching the film made me cry through the beginning to end. Timothee did such a fantastic job playing Nick, he brought real emotions into his acting that came across as being realistic and hit straight to the heart. Timothee and Steve brought the father and son's stories to life through this film. This is a film that everyone should watch on how addictions is disease and not a way to get attention.

Tragic and moving - parents this is a watch you’ll never forget - mainly due to the lesson we can learn about judgement. Not everyone with drug addiction comes from a bad family or a no good upbringing. Addiction is unstoppable without support and this movie really magnifies the lengths parents will go to to save their children. Emotional but wonderful and having lost a school friend at a young age to drugs, it really resonated. Great writing, excellent acting.

This is a hard hitting, quite brilliantly acted film. It time frames are sometimes difficult to get your head around, as it flips backwards and forwards, but its impact will stay with you for a long time. It pulls no punches, and at times it is difficult to watch, with some very harrowing scenes, but it is quite superb. Almost got a 5 stars. Sad, traumatic, honest and brutal.

As painful as it was to watch this movie I am glad I did. So many have walked the path and are still on the same path.My son survived through so many ups and downs and each day I still wait for the relapse which I hope and pray will never come, one day at a time. My son knows how fragile the balance of his life is and I know how hard it is for him, for now all I can do is love him and be here for him. He is doing great. This movie shares what it is really like for the family and gives hope to others and reality to the world. Fantastic film.

This is harrowing to watch but beautifully shot and acted by the two lead actors. Highly recommended - hankie film!

I read Nic’s book before watching the film. I haven’t read the father’s. I don’t feel I missed anything by not reading the second book, after watching the film, though maybe I have.Essentially it portrays a sequence of relapses by Nic and the affects on his father and near family which is believable and moving.However, it misses out almost all of the consequences of the descent of Nick into hard addiction, for example him turning to prostitution in SF and dealing etc.I think the film on its own is insufficient to portray Nic’s early life as an addict and therefore I suggest reading his book.The most disturbing statistic is the very low success rate for recovery services, single digits in fact. I’ve heard this from friends who are professional drug counsellors too.It’s a good film and worth watching but treat it as a filtered introduction to the disaster of addition.

This film is absolutely fantastic. It is heart warming, heartwrenching, funny and melancholic. It pulls you into the complex world of addiction and a fathers battle to bring back the son he once had before drugs took over. The relationship dynamics between father and son is exquisitely done - co-dependancy, the pull between love and hate, the anger and hatred towards substance abuse, the need to help and love and to let go is all there in both ugliness and beauty. The actors of course have made this film what it is but if you ever wanted to know the effects of drug addiction on the user and the people around them, particularly their families this film hits every single notch on the bed post.

This is a no thrills presentation of a true story of drug addiction and how it not only strips the victim of their identity but damages all those who care for them. A superb performance from all, but once again Chalamet truly shines as a young star with huge potential and charisma - a truly natural talent. It is hard to imagine anyone else playing the son. Another riveting performance from Carell also as the anguished father.