---
title: 'Beautiful Boy (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Felix van Groeningen'
released: '2018-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beautiful-boy-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226837/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beautiful Boy (2018)

2018 · R · 120 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Beautiful Boy is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen from a screenplay by Luke Davies and Van Groeningen and based on the 2008 memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. It stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan. In the film, the father-son relationship between David Sheff (Carell) and Nic Sheff (Chalamet) becomes increasingly strained by the latter's drug addiction.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Felix van Groeningen](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-van-groeningen)
- **Screenplay:** [Luke Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-davies)
- **Producer:** [Brad Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-pitt), [Dede Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-gardner), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kleiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ruben Impens](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-impens)
- **Editor:** [Nico Leunen](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-leunen)

## Cast

- [Steve Carell](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-carell)
- [Maura Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/maura-tierney)
- [Amy Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-ryan)
- [Timothée Chalamet](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothee-chalamet)

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Official site: https://www.beautifulboy.movie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/beautiful-boy-2018
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