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Beautiful Boy
To confront the truth, first they had to face each other.
To confront the truth, first they had to face each other.
Drama - 2010
6.6
69%
62
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.
Director:

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
12 Sep 2010
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$63,931
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
This feels like a movie that won a high school current-events contest: Take a tragedy, make a movie.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
16 Jun 2011
fresh:
Most of "Beautiful Boy" is unrelentingly bleak and depressing, but there are smatterings of understatement and grace.
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
16 Jun 2011
rotten:
At a certain point lofty objectivity is just a refusal to engage, and no raw camera work can disguise it.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Jun 2011
rotten:
An excruciating drama about a couple caught in the aftermath of a pivotal moment involving their college-age son.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
17 Jun 2011
rotten:
In Beautiful Boy, the themes are vast but the picture is small, and the ensuing emptiness is what the characters are meant to feel -- not us.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
17 Jun 2011
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