Beautiful Boy | Film Review
Hey Guys x I was supposed to watch and review this film so long ago that it's embarrassing. I kept planning to watch it, but then something else always took precedence. And then I think that, because I assumed that the film would be really emotional, I wanted to mentally prepare for it - and apparently that took about a year to do! Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) has a whole life in front of him when he becomes addicted to meth. An addiction that quickly spirals out of control and leads Nic into the repetitive cycle of rehab, recovery and relapse. David Sheff (Steve Carell) does everything he can to bring his son back from the edge, but David soon realises that if he wants to save Nic, he has to let Nic save himself. I thought this was a great movie. By the way it's filmed, from the first moments on screen you know that what's coming is about to break your heart, and it absolutely does. There's so much power in the way the story is being told - we get to know s...