Movie
Beautiful Boy
Overview
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-10-12
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Plan B Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Carell as David Sheff
- Timothée Chalamet as Nic Sheff
- Maura Tierney as Karen Barbour
- Amy Ryan as Vicki Sheff
- Christian Convery as Jasper Sheff
- Oakley Bull as Daisy Sheff
- Kaitlyn Dever as Lauren
- Stefanie Scott as Julia
- Julian Works as Gack
- Jack Dylan Grazer as 12-Year-Old Nic Sheff
- Zachary Rifkin as 8-Year-Old Nic Sheff
- Kue Lawrence as 5-Year-Old Nic Sheff
Crew
- Felix van Groeningen - Director
- Luke Davies - Screenplay
- Felix van Groeningen - Screenplay
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