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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 17 Oct 2018

Although the movie features strong performances and contains some individually potent scenes, the film’s style keeps the viewer at arm’s…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 17 Oct 2018

It’s an earnest and compassionate treatment of a story that is, by necessity, grueling as hell…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Slate (2,081) on 17 Oct 2018

The lack of a precipitating factor, the invisible impulses behind addiction, and the episodic nature of recovery don’t exactly lend themselves…

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By Ned Lannamann (49) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 17 Oct 2018

The performances make the whole thing sing…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 17 Oct 2018

Chalamet is always astonishingly precise about where Nick is on his slide to the bottom…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 17 Oct 2018

A test of an actor is playing someone who’s split in so many ways that he moves forward while looking backwards and vice versa, and Chalamet…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 17 Oct 2018

This is a movie that tries very, very hard to be authentic and pure and true, and that's the problem: it won't stop trying…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 Oct 2018

Chalamet is asked to hit some big notes in this performance, but we never see him acting. That’s true greatness in the making…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 17 Oct 2018

Requiem for a Dream and Trainspotting captured the physical experience of being a drug addict. Beautiful Boy is about the emotional experience…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 17 Oct 2018

A harrowing and frequently dispiriting watch…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 17 Oct 2018

It is not a movie for the faint of heart, but one that will stick long in your mind…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 17 Oct 2018

[Van Groeningen's] 2013 film had a definitive beginning and end within its circular storytelling, this one seems to exist on one plane…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 17 Oct 2018

The director gets enough right to make the movie an honest, involving portrayal of the toll of addiction on individuals and families…

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By Brian Thompson (55) for Film Threat (5,156) on 16 Oct 2018

The crux of the story rests on the relationship between David and Nic, and Carell and Chalamet truly bring the characters to life with their…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 16 Oct 2018

As the chief avatar for parental distress, Carell is sympathetic if not always entirely convincing: The toughest moments of Beautiful Boy simply…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 16 Oct 2018

On the surface, Beautiful Boy emits a perceived honesty about the complexities of human interaction thanks mostly to the superb cast…

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By Joshua Rivera (91) for GQ (31) on 15 Oct 2018

Beautiful Boy relies on and exploits a toxic cultural shorthand that makes it read as a dirge for white innocence, dragging its otherwise clear-eyed…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 Oct 2018

A lot of Beautiful Boy is necessarily hard to take, though the script softens the roughest of Nic’s travails…

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By Samantha Incorvaia (38) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Oct 2018

Director Felix Van Groeningen unflinchingly depicts the struggles and hopes of a family affected by drug addiction in a powerfully honest movie…

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By Doug Jamieson (77) for The Jam Report (74) on 15 Oct 2018

Its message is almost lost in its unnecessary non-linear structure, but Carell and Chalamet's sensational performances save this film from…

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