Beautiful Boy

Based On the book by David Sheff

Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen from a screenplay by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen and based on the 2008 memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. It stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. In the film, the father-son relationship between David Sheff (Carell) and Nic Sheff (Chalamet) becomes increasingly strained by the latter's drug addiction. Beautiful Boy is Van Groeningen's English-language feature debut.

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Release date:

October 12, 2018

Director:

Felix van Groeningen

Cast:

Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan

Genre:

Drama, Biographical

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

2018 in adaptations