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This film marks the start of a quadruple bill (although we did manage to take the kids to see Mary Poppins last night......still a solid 9).

Film number one, Beautiful Boy (our second Steve Carell film of the year) tells the familiar story of a young man who appears to have it all, but finds himself battling his demons. While his devoted Father struggles to understand 'everything'. 


Beautifully acted and sensitively handled on screen, but a painful watch as it exposes the helplessness you experience when seeing those closest to you being dragged further and further away.
The film jumps between the past and the present which makes it confusing but it doesn't alter the flow. 

Despite the familiarities of the story, we felt it was told in a unique way and it was refreshing to see family genuinely supporting and attempting to understand, without blatant judgement. It was an emotional journey that we would be unlikely to see again, but it had a killer soundtrack and a serious message and we would definitely recommend it.



We will give each film we see a score out of 10 for overall enjoyment.
Beautiful Boy = 8 It lost a couple of points for being relentlessly tragic with very little relief.

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