Review of Beautiful Boy (2018) by Jax R — 21 Jan 2019

This was an outstanding movie; one of the best movies of 2018: hope it gets an Oscar nomination for the beautiful boy.

This review of Beautiful Boy (2018) was written by Jax R on 21 Jan 2019.

Beautiful Boy has generally received positive reviews.

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