...because it does not extend itself very far into the world, the film tends to fall back on itself, generating a somewhat precious, self-absorbed tone... https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/09/beautiful-boy-review In supporting roles as David’s first and second wives, Amy Ryan and Maura Tierney are excellent but sadly underserved, stuck to the periphery of this never-ending melodrama. "Hey, I dig Nirvana! I only want you to read the book. Editorial Reviews "An honest, hopeful book, coming at a propitious moment in the meth epidemic." All rights reserved.

I'll need a while to really digest Beautiful Boy, but I do want to read the son's account, (Tweak by Nic Sheff), to try to understand the experience from his view.

It is so so good. How to we love our kids and hate what they do to themselves and to us? May 16, 2019 ‘Beautiful Boy’: Carell, Chalamet Star in Gut-Wrenching Addiction Drama Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet star as father and son in this powerful drug-addiction drama based on true stories

This is in the father's perspective. "Journalist David Sheff wrote a heartbreaking memoir about the roller coaster ride of his son's meth addiction, rehab, periods of recovery, and relapses. "I’m bitter about it. I felt such deep sympathy for both the father and the son, all the while being so frustrated by Nic's perpetual relapses. I only want you to read the book. A memoir may be an author's recollection of past events but is David Sheff really that clueless about the effects of his own behavior on his son beyond the obvious?David Sheff didn't miss a single experience of having a drug-addicted son. Some movies lack background. Published Hmmm... so close to to four stars. Expanding on his New York Times Magazine article, Sheff chronicles his son's downward spiral into addiction and the impact on him and his family. I don't know whether or not you have to be a parent to be moved by it, but I feel his pain.Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionI checked this book out of the library after hearing David Sheff and his son Nick interviewed on NPR. There’s a mannered edge to his scenes with Carell, as he rants and raves with uncommon lucidity about how he still has a handle on his life. Publishers Weekly "An excellent book that all parents can relate to whatever their children's situation." I read this because I saw the author, David Sheff, talking about it on Oprah, and because I have children close in age to his son; although I was fortunate enough to avoid the hell of parenting an addicted kid, I have been there with many of my friends, and with friends of my kids'. The film manages to accentuate the devastation addiction brings on the whole family while also highlighting the big problem this country faces. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction David Sheff, Author. Not to mention, the father and son This family has incredible moxie, man. August 5, 2020 In months, use became abuse, then abuse became addiction. But this book was so irritating to me.One of the best books dealing with addiction I've ever read. Chalamet has so many relapses that we grow increasingly frustrated, which I suppose is the point. It's a disease; it's not their fault... but they're the only ones who can control it.So here is a sad, beautiful book about a father who loves his son so much but he was struggling with drug addiction. Sheff tells a moving, though deeply unsettling account of his son's drug addiction, how he as a father coped with it, and how it affected his family. The same things that make me consider this book "just okay" (the repetition of themes, the over-dramaticism, the self-absorption) are the same things that make it so realistic and relatable to anyone who's had with an addict in their lives. begins with a life-changing event.“Four years ago,” she writes, “married to the father of my three children, I … Not my story but close enough.

Library Journal Starred “Those of us who love an addict — or are addicts ourselves — will find BEAUTIFUL BOY a revelation."

Welcome back. The dad was a master enabler to the son's detriment.I liked this book a lot better than Tweak. "An honest, hopeful book, coming at a propitious moment in the meth epidemic." Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

Nic Sheff was in high school when he first tried marijuana, but he soon moved on to alcohol and hard drugs.

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