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      • Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
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  2. Beautiful Boy is a true story told from two perspectives: a son battling drug addiction, Nic Sheff, played by Timothée Chalamet, and his father, the journalist David Sheff, played by Steve...

  3. Oct 12, 2018 · There are two perspectives at play in Felix Van Groeningen’s new film, Beautiful Boy, reflecting the fact that two memoirs were adapted into a single tale about the ravages of addiction.

    • Felix Van Groeningen
  4. Nov 20, 2022 · Although "Beautiful Boy" explores Nic's homelessness and stealing to buy drugs, the film doesn't depict Nic turning to sex work to fund his addiction.

  5. Oct 10, 2018 · Beautiful Boy” is an honest portrait of how addiction affects families and how it’s not something that can be wrapped up and packaged into a neat and tidy narrative. It’s ugly and messy, with moments of grace and hope, but mostly despair.

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  6. Jan 13, 2019 · The ‘Beautiful Boy’ movie, based on the autobiographical books by real-life father David Sheff and son Nic Sheff, corrects many misunderstandings about treatment and recovery. Here’s three of the many addiction myths busted: Family is not important to recovery.

  7. Dec 5, 2019 · Beautiful Boy, a film centered on addiction and directed by Felix van Groeningen, makes a strong effort to portray how the disease process affects a person, resulting in behavior that damages strong relationships and forces individuals into a cycle of recovery and relapse.

  8. Oct 25, 2018 · Based on the memoir by journalist David Sheff, who chronicled with unflinching detail his son Nic's unravelling as a crystal meth addict, it stars Steve Carell as a perplexed, despairing father trying to stop his son from drifting into a world he doesn't understand.

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