BEAUTIFUL BOY (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name), Maura Tierney (Liar Liar), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Kaitlyn Dever (Detroit), Andre Royo (Red Tails), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), LisaGay Hamilton (Take Shelter), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest), Christian Convery (The Package), Oakley Bull (film debut), Stefanie Scott (Jem and the Holograms), Ricky Low (film debut), Jack Dylan Grazer (It), Zachary Rifkin (The Magician’s Son), Kue Lawrence (The Crossbreed), Carlee Maciel (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Felix van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown), director, writer; Luke Davies (Lion), writer; Dede Gardner (Moonlight), Jeremy Kleiner (Selma) and Brad Pitt (12 Years A Slave), producers; Ruben Impens (Raw), cinematographer; Nico Leunen (Skate Kitchen), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

David Sheff (Carell) struggles to support his teenage son Nic (Chalamet), who is descending further and further into drug addiction over a number of years…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Young heartthrob on the rise Timothée Chalamet gives yet another outstanding performance, as does the ever chameleonic Steve Carell, in this real-life story about a father and son coping with addition.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH JANUARY 2019

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