Beautiful Boy

2010
R
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

7.1K

YOUR RATING

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.

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A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

7.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

Videos10

"Did We Do Something Wrong?"

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Beautiful Boy: Gonna Settle Up

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Beautiful Boy: We Messed Him Up

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Goofs
When Kate exits the taxi after arriving at the cemetery, she shuts the car door and then we hear the sound of it closing.

Connections
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Featured review

6/10

Grinding misery

Kate (Maria Bello) and Bill (Michael Sheen) are a struggling couple who are sleeping in separate rooms. He's looking at apartments while she still hopes to save the marriage with the next family vacation. Their son Sammy (Kyle Gallner) is away at college. He's miserable and he goes on a shooting spree killing himself and many others. The onslaught of media forces them to stay with her brother Eric (Alan Tudyk) and his wife Trish (Moon Bloodgood).

Bello and Sheen are using all their acting skills to drive this movie. The movie strips away all the power. The shooting takes place off screen. The movie doesn't allow Sammy to explain his actions. Kyle Gallner just doesn't have much screen time. It's all about the parents struggle to find meaning. It's a movie of misery. It's admirable but it grinds down the audience with its unrelenting bleakness.