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Berit Vera
“Oh boy, what a beautiful movie. My
friend Vera and I were speechless
after the film ended and, in our case,
this is a very good sign. I’d say go and
check it out yourself! It is definitely
worth going. Thanks to Chasse
Theatre in the city centre of Breda,
we got to see the movie Beautiful Boy
directed by Felix van Groeningen and
based on the books written by Nic
Sheff and David Sheff. Beautiful Boy is
a film that has succeeded in showing
the challenging struggles like the
hopelessness, despair, and collateral
damage addiction causes. It displays
the close and honest relationship
between father David Sheff and son
Nic throughout the years of Nic’s
addiction. With amazing acting
by Steve Carell as the concerned
father, you witness a dad trying
to find his way and wrap his head
around what is happening. Timothée
Chalamet, the 22-year-old boy who is
playing the addicted Nic Sheff, has
unquestionably proved himself to be
‘all that’. The nightmare that is called a
relapse, his family trying to cope with
all the stress and concern and the
agonizing situation, is extremely well
displayed in this movie. You can really
feel the tension and pressure. Half an
hour into the movie you already feel
so familiar with Nic and his father
that when Nic has his first relapse,
you almost experience the pain and
impotence his father and his family
feel. You don’t want to give up, but you
have to. This statement is applicable
to both Nic’s and David’s situation.”
“Oh boy, this movie has left a serious
impact on me. Beautiful Boy is one
of those movies you can’t stop
thinking about. The cinematography
is extremely stunning and well done;
it all felt very real. The acting also
blew me away. In most teen movie’s,
teenagers try drugs at a party and
have a great time. However, in
Beautiful Boy the other side of drugs
is brought to light; the bad side. In
teen movies these days, drugs are in
my opinion quite romanticized, and
in this movie that is definitely not the
case. It shows how horribly addictive
drugs are and how hard it is for Nic
Sheff to handle with it. I think this is
a movie that everyone should watch.”
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