Beautiful Boy
A true story of addiction, survival and family.
Overview
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- $31,749,905
- Production
- Plan B Entertainment
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Cast
Steve Carell
David Sheff
Timothée Chalamet
Nic Sheff
Maura Tierney
Karen Barbour
Amy Ryan
Vicki Sheff
Christian Convery
Jasper Sheff
Oakley Bull
Daisy Sheff
Kaitlyn Dever
Lauren
Stefanie Scott
Julia
Julian Works
Gack
Jack Dylan Grazer
12-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Zachary Rifkin
8-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Kue Lawrence
5-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Timothy Hutton
Dr. Brown
Amy Forsyth
Diane
Andre Royo
Spencer
Ricky Low
Destiny
LisaGay Hamilton
Rose
Carlton Wilborn
Vince
Amy Aquino
Annie Goldblum
Marypat Farrell
Julia's Mother
Crew
- Director
- Felix van Groeningen
- Writers
- Luke Davies,Felix van Groeningen
- Producers
- Brad Pitt,Dede Gardner,Jeremy Kleiner,Nan Morales
- Cinematography
- Ruben Impens
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cityguide
September 5, 2018
Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the latter’s drug addiction. There are about a billion reasons to see this movie: 1) Basically everyone in the cast has been nominated for an Oscar (save for Maura Tierney, who has a Golden Globe and two Emmy noms); 2) Timothée Chalamet; 3) The memoirs a…
Stephen Campbell
July 12, 2019
_**Earnest and heartfelt, but narratively awkward, and emotionally unengaging**_ > _They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The problem with being human isn't really so temporary._ - Nic Sheff; _Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines_ (2008) > _Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself._ - David Sheff; _Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journ…
Kali
January 16, 2025
> “Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you. And if you could gather all those words together, it still wouldn't describe what I feel for you. What I feel for you is everything. I love you more than everything.” \- David Sheff Beautiful Boy is a true, heart wrenching story of how a father attempts to care for his drug-addicted son. Told mostly, although not exclusively, from the perspective of David, th…