Chicago – In a film certain to get Oscar buzz, “Beautiful Boy” opened on October 19th in Chicago, and opened the recent Chicago International Film Festival. The delicate and sensitive portrayal of addiction features fine performances from Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, guided by director Felix Van Groeningen.
The film is based on the true story of David (Carell) and Nic (Chalamet) Scheff, a father and son whose relationship is challenged by Nic’s overriding and difficult-to-shake drug addiction. The film is gritty and never blinks, in addition to punctuating the notion that despite a family’s socio-economic condition, no one is immune to the destructive powers of a person unable to rein in addictive needs. Steve Carell and Timotheé Chalamet create an intuitive chemistry as a Dad trying everything to save a son.
Director Felix Van Groeningen and the Cast of ‘Beautiful Boy’
Photo credit: Joe Arce for Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
The film is based on the true story of David (Carell) and Nic (Chalamet) Scheff, a father and son whose relationship is challenged by Nic’s overriding and difficult-to-shake drug addiction. The film is gritty and never blinks, in addition to punctuating the notion that despite a family’s socio-economic condition, no one is immune to the destructive powers of a person unable to rein in addictive needs. Steve Carell and Timotheé Chalamet create an intuitive chemistry as a Dad trying everything to save a son.
Director Felix Van Groeningen and the Cast of ‘Beautiful Boy’
Photo credit: Joe Arce for Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.
- 10/21/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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