American film by Felix van Groeningen
Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen from a screenplay by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen and based on the 2008 memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. It stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. In the film, the father-son relationship between David Sheff (Carell) and Nic Sheff (Chalamet) becomes increasingly strained by the latter's drug addiction.
Beautiful Boy is Van Groeningen's English-language feature debut. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 13, 2018, by Amazon Studios. It was a box-office disappointment, grossing $16.5 million on a $25 million budget. However, it received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Carell and Chalamet. For his work, Chalamet earned nominations at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards and Critics' Choice Awards, among others.
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