Story Line
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
“A true story of addiction, survival and family.”
Top Cast
Steve Carell
David Sheff
Timothée Chalamet
Nic Sheff
Maura Tierney
Karen Barbour
Amy Ryan
Vicki Sheff
Christian Convery
Jasper Sheff
Oakley Bull
Daisy Sheff
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
2018-10-12
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (3)
cityguide
No rating•9/5/2018
Inspired by a father and son’s dual memoirs (Beatiful Boy and Tweak, respectively), Felix Van Groeningen’s heartfelt adaptation portrays the relationship between David (Steve Carell) and Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), as both struggle through the lat...
Stephen Campbell
6/10
•7/12/2019_**Earnest and heartfelt, but narratively awkward, and emotionally unengaging**_
> _They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The problem with being human isn't really so temporary._
- Nic Sheff; _Tweak: Growing Up on Met...
Kali
10/10
•1/16/2025> “Do you know how much I love you? If you could take all the words in the language, it still wouldn't describe how much I love you. And if you could gather all those words together, it still wouldn't describe what I feel for you. What I feel for you...