Beautiful Boy (2018)

This movie made me so uncomfortable. Really cool as you realize this is equally, more 60/40, about the father dealing with everything as well as Nic going through addiction.

The actors were all amazing and Chalamet always stars but Steve Carrell, damn does he have range.

The non-linear style was fine but I don’t think it added much. It was more confusing than anything else. I understand the attempt to portray addiction as a cycle, but you don’t need to do that. The cycle exists in the linear format. Felt more of a crutch to cue viewers in on what context to be mindful of. This movie would’ve been better if it built up the emotion and was more tied to how the dad was feeling. Determined, hopeful, starting to give up, and then hopeless. I didn’t get to feel that cause we were jumping every 5 seconds. The narrative style sullied what could have been an amazing movie. Just disappointing creative decisions post production.

If Chloé Zhao directs this movie, it wins Oscar’s. She didn’t, so it didn’t.