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Beautiful Boy

2010

Shawn Ku

Maria Bello, Michael Sheen, Alan Tudyk, Moon Bloodgood ...

6.2

322

Drama Kate and Bill are couple in a faltering marriage who discover that their 18 year-old son has recently committed a mass shooting at his university before taking his own life. Through the tragedy, the couple is forced to deal with their grief and is ultimately led to rediscover both themselves and their relationship.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Out of a premise horrifically familiar from tragedies at Columbine and Virginia Tech director Shawn Ku has crafted a film that will haunt you for a good long time (...) Rating:★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"'Beautiful Boy' tiptoes into a minefield, where it loses its nerve and remains frozen in its tracks, too timid to find a way back"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Michael Sheen and Maria Bello both have wrenching moments in this quiet, oblique drama. Yet the movie isn't really convincing"	POS
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Filmmaker Shawn Ku achieves an impressive balance of formal control and emotional spontaneity in debut feature Beautiful Boy"	POS

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