Review of Beautiful Boy (2018) by Jluis_001 — 07 Jan 2019

Many people talk about Timothée Chalamet but frankly I find it a rather boring actor. Besides, he constantly has a face of annoyance in all his performances that ends up bothering me.

Beautiful Boy is a sober and well made film but also in a certain point, problematic, because the narrative involves a lot of repetition.

I cannot deny that that it's something that doesn't occur with adicts and their relapses, but it was necessary to extend it so much?

Clocking at 111 minutes, Beautiful Boy feels somewhat excessive but it manages to keep afloat and end up working satisfactorily because the director prints a nice style and above all Steve Carell is an excellent quality anchor making it clear once again that dramas come in handy for him.

He's super fun in comedy but in dramas he's incredible.

Nothing out of the ordinary but I can definitely recommend it.