Taking the problem of drug addiction and other addictions to the big screen is always a challenge. And Beautiful boy, the new film by Felix Van Groeningen overcomes that test based on art and the talent of its protagonists.
The 66th edition of the San Sebastian Festival witnessed the presentation of the story based on the memories of David and Nick Sheff (father and son), about the hard road to recovery.
With a luxury cast consisting of Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan, the praises of the critics were fast to come.
Beautiful boy. First opinions by the media outlets
For Diego Batlle, from the website Otros cines: "It's a film made by talented artists that bets to move, to inspire". And he highlights the acting work: "The two protagonists are very well (even very well), the two women- the mother of the boy played by Amy Ryan and David’s nice new wife who Maura Tierney portrays- also bring intense secondary characters".
Ainhoa Iglesias (Diario Vasco) goes straight to a line in the film: ""What is your problem? I am an alcoholic and a drug addict. That is the treatment you have self-imposed, but what is your problem?" And she says: "it is one of the dialogues that make the spectator move in the seat. Zas. A direct dagger to the guts."
