Review of Beautiful Boy (2018) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 10 Oct 2018
The root problem is repetitiveness, the seemingly endless cycle of progress and relapse that causes heartbreak in real life and induces déjà vu in audiences — even dejà déjà vu, since there’s repetition within the already familiar pattern.
The mosaic structure is simply, though not successfully, an attempt to hold our attention.
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This review of Beautiful Boy (2018) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 10 Oct 2018.
Beautiful Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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