

Beautiful Boy
A true story of addiction, survival and family.
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.
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7.6/10
3,003 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $31.7M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- san francisco, california
- drug addiction
- biography
- based on true story
- drug rehabilitation
- based on memoir or autobiography
- father son relationship
- psychological drama
- aimless youth
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAspen Film Festival30 Sept 2018
- Theatrical (limited)R12 Oct 2018
- TheatricalR9 Nov 2018
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival13 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1518 Jan 2019
- Physical20 May 2019
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical29 Nov 2018
AustraliaAU
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival16 Oct 2018
- Theatrical (limited)MA15+25 Oct 2018
- PhysicalM22 Jan 2019
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2018
- Theatrical (limited)18A19 Oct 2018
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical31 Jan 2019
AustriaAT
- Theatrical25 Jan 2019
BelgiumBE
- Premiere18Gent International Film Festival19 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1821 Nov 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14 Feb 2019
ChileCL
- Theatrical7 Feb 2019
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical14 Mar 2019
CyprusCY
- PremiereCyprus Film Days International Festival13 Apr 2019
Frequently asked questions
Beautiful Boy was released on 12 October 2018.
Audience reviews
3- C
cityguide
9/5/2018
Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the latter’s drug addiction. There are about a billion reasons to see this movie: 1) Basically everyone in the cast has been nominated for an Oscar (save for Maura Tierney, w…
- S6/10
Stephen Campbell
7/12/2019
_**Earnest and heartfelt, but narratively awkward, and emotionally unengaging**_ > _They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The problem with being human isn't really so temporary._ - Nic Sheff; _Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines_ (2008) > _Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debil…
- K10/10
Kali
1/16/2025
> “Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you. And if you could gather all those words together, it still wouldn't describe what I feel for you. What I feel for you is everything. I love you more than everything.” \- David Sheff Beautiful Boy is a true, heart wrenching story of how a father attempts to care for his drug-addict…
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