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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Jun 2011

The most daring aspect of the film, fully realized in Bello's grave performance, may be the notion that a parent can invest endless love in…

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By Wade Major (240) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 09 Jun 2011

Beautiful Boy is a discerning film lover's off-season tonic, regardless of where, when or how it's seen. What matters most is simply that it be seen…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 08 Jun 2011

Not an entertainment but an experience. And a kind of cinematic sensitivity training…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Jun 2011

A film like this can end honestly in only one way, and Ku is true to it. Life will go on, one baffling day after another…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 08 Jun 2011

Ku photographs almost everything in intrusive close-up, with a shaky hand-held camera - an increasingly hackneyed way of conveying documentary-style…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 08 Jun 2011

Powerfully inhabits the grieving process following a devastating incident that no one can understand until they go through it…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 06 Jun 2011

Agonizing, moving drama about a family torn by tragedy…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for Ebert Presents At The Movies (89) on 05 Jun 2011

A story about a relationship that sometimes feels real between two people who never do…

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By Travis H (484) on 05 Jun 2011

Good acting, but a little tedious. And I'm getting sick of shaky hand-held cameras in indie dramas…

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By Remy R (30) on 04 Jun 2011

The epitome of hard to watch, which usually means that I would love it. No surprises here, this film was devastatingly well done…

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By Jeff T (375) on 04 Jun 2011

A tiny, personal and intense film that starts to have diminishing returns almost immediately, BEAUTIFUL BOY tracks a marriage as it descends…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 02 Jun 2011

while Bello and Sheen hit all the varied notes, Ku fails to make the film's actual template - that of a school shooter's family in the days…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shared Darkness (279) on 02 Jun 2011

Frustratingly lacking in certain story elements, but held together by the rawness and unprecious nature of its lead performances…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for NPR (1,713) on 02 Jun 2011

Beautiful Boy is the antithesis of melodrama…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 02 Jun 2011

Great drama makes you think you're looking into other people's lives. Beautiful Boy makes you think you're merely peeking in their windows…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 02 Jun 2011

Actors are left with too much time to play emotional symphonies, while inevitably having to hit too many required notes…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 02 Jun 2011

Beautiful Boy ends up being an endurance test…

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By Stephen Saito (325) for IFC.com (108) on 01 Jun 2011

Bello and Sheen are equally fearless in their performances, though the limitations of their characters' circumstances and ultimately, the predictability…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 01 Jun 2011

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

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 01 Jun 2011

A kind of apocalyptic 21st-century Ordinary People, Beautiful Boy, directed by Shawn Ku from a screenplay he wrote with Michael Armbruster,…

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