पिता और बेटे डेविड और निक शेफ़ के संस्मरणों की मशहूर जोड़ी पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म कई सालों से नशे की लत से जूझ रहे एक परिवार के जीवित रहने, दोबारा नशे में डूबने, और फिर से सुधरने का दर्दनाक और ... सभी पढ़ेंपिता और बेटे डेविड और निक शेफ़ के संस्मरणों की मशहूर जोड़ी पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म कई सालों से नशे की लत से जूझ रहे एक परिवार के जीवित रहने, दोबारा नशे में डूबने, और फिर से सुधरने का दर्दनाक और प्रेरणादायक अनुभव पेश करती है।पिता और बेटे डेविड और निक शेफ़ के संस्मरणों की मशहूर जोड़ी पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म कई सालों से नशे की लत से जूझ रहे एक परिवार के जीवित रहने, दोबारा नशे में डूबने, और फिर से सुधरने का दर्दनाक और प्रेरणादायक अनुभव पेश करती है।
- 1 BAFTA अवार्ड के लिए नामांकित
- 10 जीत और कुल 31 नामांकन
Brandon James Cienfuegos
- Kid
- (as Brandon Cinfuegos)
सारांश
Reviewers say 'Beautiful Boy' is a heartfelt depiction of addiction, focusing on a father-son relationship. The film is lauded for its raw portrayal of addiction's toll on families. Key themes include the struggle against addiction and its impact on family dynamics. Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet deliver acclaimed performances, though some find the non-linear narrative distracting. Opinions on pacing and emotional impact vary, with some appreciating its realism and others finding it slow-paced.
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This is the movie that made me fall in love with Timothee Chalamet. And a golden performance as always by Steve Carrell. It is a gutting movie, but an important story to be told.
Based on a true story, this film reminds us that addiction is a disease which does not discriminate: it can hit anybody at any time. Indeed, Nic (Timothée Chalamet) does not fit the stereotype of a junkie: raised in a loving upper-middle-class family, he is a good student and shares a close relationship with his father, David (Steve Carell). However, drugs have been part of his life since the age of 12 (alcohol and marijuana at first). The turning point is when he becomes dependent on methamphetamine, at only 18 years old. From that moment on, Nic and his relatives get trapped in a downward spiral. Despite all the support they give him, they are unable to prevent relapses and fear losing him. This movie accurately describes the harmful effects of drugs on family life. It also explores the limits of parental love. Well directed and earnestly performed, « Beautiful boy » is a deeply human drama.
I am a heroin and meth addict with 3 years of sobriety. I currently work in a treatment center and I periodically show this movie in my groups, this movie is the best depiction I have ever seen of the life of addiction. It's heartbreaking to watch myself because it parallels my story very closely. The way addiction is shown is so raw and true, the overdoses, the shame, the guilt, the question of why that can never be answered. It's beautiful and heart wrenching, it's honestly not easy to watch but it is accurate (too a point, addicts know a few things that are a little wrong but that's small specifics) and the acting is phenomenal.
As John Lennon's lyrics go:
"'Cause it's a long way to go, A hard row to hoe Yes, it's a long way to go"
And so it proves for young Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet). For - based on a true story - Nic has progressively worked through the encyclopaedia of drugs until he has arrived at "C for Crystal Meth" where he is working through a recurring nightmare of addiction and attempted rehab.
What's harder... being the victim of drugs or being the caring onlookers desperately hoping that this attempt to climb the slippery pole to recovery will be a successful one? This is reflected as a key aspect of the film, and as a parent it makes for a very hard watch. The 'caring onlookers' in this case are Nic's father David (Steve Carell), his girlfriend Karen Barbour (Maura Tierney), the couple's natural children Jasper (Christian Convery) and Daisy (Oakley Bull), and David's ex-wife and Nic's mother Vicki (Amy Ryan).
This is only the 2nd English-language film from director Felix van Groeningen (after 2012's " The Broken Circle Breakdown") and the film has its fair share of impressive directorial flourishes such that Felix might need to get added to that elusive list of "famous Belgians"! Not least among them is the use of flashbacks. The film starts with a 12 month flashback, but then throughout the story David flashes back to scenes of his boy's childhood. Many of these reflect the regret in perhaps failing to identify ways he could have done things differently to avoid the current crisis.
While many of these flashbacks are sudden and unexpected, I didn't find them confusing to follow although I can see how they might annoy some viewers who prefer a more 'linear' storytelling approach.
Above all, it is the acting performances that make this film, and the four key cast members all turn in memorable turns. It's excruciating watching Carell's parental anguish and then (like a blast of light) his realization of a truth he'd been avoiding for a long time. It's Chalamet though who truly shines, delivering fully on the realization of the tortured and self-torturing Nic. Already nominated for a Golden Globe, I would have thought another Oscar nomination is assured for this. ER's Maura Tierney also excels in a quieter supporting role: something that generally seems to be her niche at the movies.
This is most definitely a gruelling movie from beginning to end - especially for parents of young teens - and as such it feels a lot longer than it's 2 hour running time suggests. But it is well worth the effort. A drama that really delivers on its message: "just say no". It rather frustrates me that the film is a UK 15 certificate. Not that I'm criticising the BBFC here, since with graphic drug taking, a lot of choice language and one (not overly graphic) sex scene, the rating is appropriate. However this would seem to me to be required viewing by every 13 year old, since if Chalomet's performance can't drill the message home to not climb onto that pole in the first place, then noone can.
(For the full graphical review, please check out One Mann's Movies on the web and Facebook. Thanks).
"'Cause it's a long way to go, A hard row to hoe Yes, it's a long way to go"
And so it proves for young Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet). For - based on a true story - Nic has progressively worked through the encyclopaedia of drugs until he has arrived at "C for Crystal Meth" where he is working through a recurring nightmare of addiction and attempted rehab.
What's harder... being the victim of drugs or being the caring onlookers desperately hoping that this attempt to climb the slippery pole to recovery will be a successful one? This is reflected as a key aspect of the film, and as a parent it makes for a very hard watch. The 'caring onlookers' in this case are Nic's father David (Steve Carell), his girlfriend Karen Barbour (Maura Tierney), the couple's natural children Jasper (Christian Convery) and Daisy (Oakley Bull), and David's ex-wife and Nic's mother Vicki (Amy Ryan).
This is only the 2nd English-language film from director Felix van Groeningen (after 2012's " The Broken Circle Breakdown") and the film has its fair share of impressive directorial flourishes such that Felix might need to get added to that elusive list of "famous Belgians"! Not least among them is the use of flashbacks. The film starts with a 12 month flashback, but then throughout the story David flashes back to scenes of his boy's childhood. Many of these reflect the regret in perhaps failing to identify ways he could have done things differently to avoid the current crisis.
While many of these flashbacks are sudden and unexpected, I didn't find them confusing to follow although I can see how they might annoy some viewers who prefer a more 'linear' storytelling approach.
Above all, it is the acting performances that make this film, and the four key cast members all turn in memorable turns. It's excruciating watching Carell's parental anguish and then (like a blast of light) his realization of a truth he'd been avoiding for a long time. It's Chalamet though who truly shines, delivering fully on the realization of the tortured and self-torturing Nic. Already nominated for a Golden Globe, I would have thought another Oscar nomination is assured for this. ER's Maura Tierney also excels in a quieter supporting role: something that generally seems to be her niche at the movies.
This is most definitely a gruelling movie from beginning to end - especially for parents of young teens - and as such it feels a lot longer than it's 2 hour running time suggests. But it is well worth the effort. A drama that really delivers on its message: "just say no". It rather frustrates me that the film is a UK 15 certificate. Not that I'm criticising the BBFC here, since with graphic drug taking, a lot of choice language and one (not overly graphic) sex scene, the rating is appropriate. However this would seem to me to be required viewing by every 13 year old, since if Chalomet's performance can't drill the message home to not climb onto that pole in the first place, then noone can.
(For the full graphical review, please check out One Mann's Movies on the web and Facebook. Thanks).
Should be mandatory viewing at all schools and drug reform programs. Excellent performances and extremely authentic portrayal of addiction and its damaging affects on family and self.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThe real Nic Sheff stated in a Q&A that the drawing book that David Steve Carell in the movie finds of his son's addiction struggles was drawn by Nic's real-life half-brother, Jasper Sheff.
- गूफ़Despite the fact that Nic's addiction story line is shown to cover a number of years, his younger siblings do not ever appear to age.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटDuring the end credits, Nic is heard reciting the poem "Let It Enfold You" by Charles Bukowski.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in CTV National News: 7 सितम्बर 2018 को प्रसारित एपिसोड (2018)
- साउंडट्रैकHelicon I
Written by Dominic Aitchison and Stuart Braithwaite
Performed by Mogwai
Courtesy of Rock Action Records
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- बजट
- $2,50,00,000(अनुमानित)
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- 14 अक्टू॰ 2018
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