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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 09 Sep 2018

With standout performances from Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet and Maura Tierney, there's plenty to take away…

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By Caitlin Quinlan (28) for The Skinny (809) on 09 Sep 2018

Beautiful Boy is an affecting drama with impressive lead performances, guided by a sensitive directorial hand…

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By John Powers (147) for Vogue (149) on 09 Sep 2018

The one undeniable reason to see Beautiful Boy is Chalamet, who brings the same emotional transparency that he brought to Elio in Call Me by…

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By Allyson Johnson (161) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 09 Sep 2018

Just like the young man at its center, the film is evocative, at times dazzling and too frequently unreliable as a source of consistent storytelling,…

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By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 08 Sep 2018

Far from perfect, and very rarely offering us anything unexpected, Beautiful Boy is nevertheless a well-mounted depiction of the terrible cycle…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 08 Sep 2018

If this was Nic’s story from the start I wouldn’t know a better avenue existed…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Sep 2018

The detachment at work in Beautiful Boy suggests an attempt to speak clearly and truthfully, to resist the clichés of the addiction drama…

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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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