Review of Ben Is Back (2018) by K. Austin Collins for Vanity Fair — 12 Dec 2018
The film doesn’t glamorize addiction, or make it irrationally melodramatic, or gussy itself up in bespoke tragedy. (The same cannot be said of Beautiful Boy.) It’s all just right—even if “just right” is just O.K.
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This review of Ben Is Back (2018) was written by K. Austin Collins and published by Vanity Fair on 12 Dec 2018.
Ben Is Back has generally received positive reviews.
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