<em>Beautiful Boy</em> Tries to Find a Punishing New Angle on Addiction
The film, which stars Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, adapts the memoirs of a father and son dealing with the ravages of crystal-meth abuse.
There are two perspectives at play in Felix Van Groeningen’s new film, , reflecting the fact that two memoirs were adapted into a single tale about the ravages of addiction. The first, and more concrete, story centers on David Sheff (Steve Carell), an author and journalist who’s trying to solve his son’s substance-abuse issues through any means possible. The second is intentionally more elusive and frustrating, following Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet), the object of
