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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Nerdist (550) on 08 Sep 2018

The film holds you at arm's length, never quite letting you all the way in, never fully showing the ugliest or rawest moments…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 07 Sep 2018

A sobering, realistic look at drug addiction with strong performances all around…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 07 Sep 2018

While the film lacks narrative momentum, its heart is in the right place, and that's to show the havoc addiction wreaks on families and how…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 07 Sep 2018

Beautiful Boy is family calamity writ large, a harrowing and horrifying (and yes, overly-long) exploration of the depths of addiction…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 07 Sep 2018

Strong, committed performances and the upsetting ring of reality anchor a highly-personal film which cycles through addiction, relapse and…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 07 Sep 2018

As enacted here by unquestionably fine actors, this story does not emerge as compelling or convincing, and the film is aggravatingly narrow-minded…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 07 Sep 2018

Beautiful Boy keeps you strung on that line for nearly all of its run time, and sometimes it feels less like a movie than an endurance test…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Sep 2018

Beautiful Boy, made by the Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen (“The Broken Circle Breakdown”), from a script by Luke Davies, is scrupulous…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 07 Sep 2018

Chalamet, a heartthrob unafraid to tackle unglamorous material, so embodies the tragic struggles of a drug-addled young man it’s a wonder…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 07 Sep 2018

There are moments of crushing emotional weight but as the film progresses, they start to carry less power…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for World of Reel (117) on 06 Sep 2018

For a movie with considerable talents involved, Beautiful Boy lacks the dramatic sparks needed to get us invested in its story…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 06 Sep 2018

By working in such a deliberately muted key, the emotional payoffs we’re conditioned to require from a story like this never quite arrive,…

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