Beautiful Boy tells the tragic story of a mother & father suffering the aftermath of their son's mass shooting at his college before taking his own life.
Maria Bello and Michael Sheen are magnificent as the grieving parents, as are the rest of the cast but for some reason the film never really allows the viewer to get emotionally connected. I'm not entirely sure but I think it has to do with Shawn Ku's direction. Having only done two fluffy musical comedies I don't think he knew how to approach such a dramatically powerful project.
It's sets itself up for something big and spits out something that simply fizzles out.
2½ vandalized graveplates out of 5
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