Review of Beautiful Boy (2011) by Mike C — 03 Dec 2011

Just an average drama that surely intended to be better than average. Two parents deal with a school shooting in which their son has died. But he was the shooter as well. Do they still love him? How will they cope with negative attitudes from the press and community? Definitely with some shouting.

All in all, maybe a pointless movie. We know this would be very difficult. The movie only marginally picks apart the story and puts on display just how hard it might be to cope with not only a tragedy like this, but the conflict of knowing your own child caused it.