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Review of by Stephen Holden for New York Times — 01 Jun 2011

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A kind of apocalyptic 21st-century "Ordinary People," Beautiful Boy, directed by Shawn Ku from a screenplay he wrote with Michael Armbruster, is so high-mindedly determined to avoid sensationalism that it sidesteps critical dramatic content and sabotages its own ambitions.

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This review of Beautiful Boy (2011) was written by and published by New York Times on 01 Jun 2011.

Beautiful Boy has generally received positive reviews.

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