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  • Beautiful Boy
  • Opened June 3, 2011 (Limited 6/3) | Runtime:1 hr 40 min
  • R
    Some language and a scene of sexuality
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. Read More
  • Bill (Michael Sheen) and Kate (Maria Bello) hopelessly try to find some hint of an explanation after finding out that their only son committed a mass shooting at his university before taking his own life. They struggle numbly through the funeral, the Read More
  • Cast: Maria Bello, Michael Sheen, Alan Tudyk, Moon Bloodgood, Austin Nichols, Kyle Gallner
  • Director: Shawn Ku
  • Genres: Drama

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  • No

    Morbid and Depressing

    Well, yes the topic and question of "what if that were my child committing such horrid acts" as those committed at Columbine and other college campuses may be interesting to ponder......but only for a minute or two in ones own imagination. To make an entire movie on the subject is in fact predictable, boring, depressing and morbid. A pathetic waste of time. I only stayed to kill some time during the heat wave before an appointment. Don't bother, especially if you think you will be viewing and offbeat/artful movie......this is not the vehicle. Trust me. Skip it.

  • Must Go!

    Beautiful Boy

    by uass

    Quietly intense and beautifully done. It moved me and I loved it! I highly recommend.

  • Must Go!

    Beautifully Done

    The film invites us in to look at those burning questions - "Why does it happen and how would I feel if it happened in my family?" Like all of the best films, the writers give you the opportunity to explore the question - they offer up not answers, but simply the space and silence to feel the pain that Sam's whole family are living. The choice of actors was perfect - they are us - and the cinema verite approach to the camera work provides a truthful kaleidoscope of their family life - now broken into a million little painful shards of glass. We leave the theater without knowing why it happened or what we would do in the same situation but we also leave called to a better humanity towards the families who go through something that sadly does happen. It?s an adult movie and clearly deserving of the Toronto Film Festival win.

Beautiful Boy Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 62 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    New York Observer | Rex Reed

    Too bleak and wrenching to recommend unconditionally. You need a strong...

  • 85
    NPR | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Beautiful Boy is the antithesis of melodrama. Painfully perceptive and...

  • 80
    Movieline | Michelle Orange

    Ultimately, the effort, however rough in patches, is to be admired. We need our...

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Blazing performance will burn in your memory. Same goes for the film.

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