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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › ben-is-back-2018Ben Is Back movie review & film summary (2018) | Roger Ebert

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   Dec 7, 2018 · Writer-director Peter Hedges depicts this phenomenon with intimacy and empathy in “Ben Is Back,” about a teenage opioid addict who leaves rehab for 24 hours—supposedly with the encouragement of his sponsor—to visit his family on Christmas Eve. Hedges’ film is stronger in its first half, when it’s an understated character drama, than ...

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   Mar 14, 2019 · This is 19-year-old Ben Burns (played by Lucas Hedges, the director’s son). He is a pale, ghostly figure. Ben is home for Christmas, claiming that he has been given permission to come out of...

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   Gritty with an intimate reality, Ben is Back hits a little harder than other recent addiction stories but fails to give us the ultimate high. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 13, 2020

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   Mar 15, 2019 · Not a burglar it turns out – but Ben (played by the director’s son Lucas Hedges), the family’s oldest kid, who is back from rehab unexpectedly for the holidays. His mother Holly (Roberts) beams – as only Julia Roberts can beam, full megawatt dazzle – delighted to see him.

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   Dec 14, 2018 · Reviews. Ben Is Back Movie Review: A Heartbreaking Account Of Addiction As Both An Emotion And A Disease. What distinguishes Lucas Hedges' shy, self-aware performance in this raging tragedy is perhaps the fact that his father, Peter Hedges, is the director. Rahul Desai. Updated on : 14 Dec 2018, 9:47 am. Director: Peter Hedges.

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   Dec 5, 2018 · Directed by Peter Hedges. Drama. R. 1h 43m. By A.O. Scott. Dec. 5, 2018. When the title character shows up early in “Ben Is Back” — just before Christmas, at his family’s big house in a...

   • Director: Peter Hedges
   • Author: A.O. Scott

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8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › ben_is_backBen Is Back (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Jan 11, 2019 · Nineteen-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve. Ben's mom, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son's drug addiction.

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   Is Ben is back a good movie?

   • Ben Is Back is cleverly scripted. At the moments you expect the storytelling to become slushy and lachrymose, it will turn very harsh indeed. Writer-director Peter Hedges uses conventions from the family-in-peril drama. Tension mounts as we wait either for Ben to do damage to himself or to wreak more havoc on the lives of those closest to him.

   Ben Is Back review: Julia Roberts gives one of her strongest and most

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   Is 'Ben is back' a movie about addiction?

   • Hollywood films about addiction tend to be tasteful, well-meaning awardsy dramas. Now, with Ben is Back, director Peter Hedges has created something a little bit different: a half-and-half movie with plenty of standard-issue addiction drama courtesy of Julia Roberts as a suburban mum trying to keep her 19-year-old son off opioids at Christmas.

   'Ben is Back' review - opioid addiction turned into suspenseful thriller

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   Who plays Ben burns in 'Ben is back'?

   • Refreshingly understated, Ben Is Back subverts family drama stereotypes - and provides a forum for terrific performances from Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts. Nineteen-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve. Ben's mom, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son's drug addiction.

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   Where can I watch Ben is back?

   • Rent Ben Is Back on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Refreshingly understated, Ben Is Back subverts family drama stereotypes - and provides a forum for terrific performances from Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts.

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