Review of Beautiful Boy (2018) by Steven C — 05 Jan 2019

At a running time of two hours, even Carell and Chalamet cannot save Beautiful Boy from its own listlessness.

This review of Beautiful Boy (2018) was written by Steven C on 05 January 2019.

Beautiful Boy has generally received positive reviews.

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