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After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Steve Carell
David Sheff
Timothée Chalamet
Nic Sheff
Maura Tierney
Karen Barbour
Amy Ryan
Vicki Sheff
Christian Convery
Jasper Sheff
Oakley Bull
Daisy Sheff
Kaitlyn Dever
Lauren
Stefanie Scott
Julia
Julian Works
Gack
Jack Dylan Grazer
12-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Zachary Rifkin
8-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Kue Lawrence
5-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Timothy Hutton
Dr. Brown
Amy Forsyth
Diane
Andre Royo
Spencer
Ricky Low
Destiny
LisaGay Hamilton
Rose
Carlton Wilborn
Vince
Amy Aquino
Annie Goldblum
Marypat Farrell
Julia's Mother
Brandon James Cienfuegos
Kid
Cheska Corona
Kid
Mandeiya Flory
Kid
Martha T. Newman
Flight Attendant
Minerva García
Nurse @ Bellevue
Nikki Snipper
Airline Attendant
Anastasia Leddick
Speaker @ 12 Step Meeting
Edward Fletcher
Minister
Justin Townes Earle
Wedding Guest
Seann Gallagher
Father @ Graduation
Brooklin Thacher
Principal @ Graduation
Sasha Kelly Jackson
EMT
Tom Beyer
Meeting Leader
David Mendenhall
Rocker (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay
Felix van Groeningen
Book
Nic Sheff
Book
David Sheff
Screenplay
Luke Davies
September 5, 2018
Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the latter’s drug addiction.
There are about a billion reasons to see this movie: 1) Basically everyone in the cast has been nominated for an Oscar (save for Maura Tierney, who has a Golden Globe and two Emmy noms); 2) Timothée Chalamet; 3) The memoirs are incredible (and not super expensive on Amazon, so you can catch up before the movie comes out); 4) It sets the scene for a quasi Office reunion between Carell and Amy Ryan (who played Holly Flax).
But perhaps the most significant — and overlooked — reason is this: director Felix Van Groeningen’s 2012 film The Broken Circle Breakdown is, in my humble opinion, one of the best movies of all time (and available to stream on Amazon, who I promise I don’t work for). Stakes are high