Beautiful Boy
Movie • 2018 • Drama
ReportAfter he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
This movie contains 20 potentially triggering events.
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therealkashadavis
Graphic injection scars all along a man’s arm.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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therealkashadavis
Quite the opposite. Father sticks with his son through all of his toughest moments
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Anonymous
drug abuse is a main plot point within this film
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Is there addiction?
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the main character is based on a real life person who has suffered from drug addiction
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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teethforhair
when a character overdoses but is resuscitated by CPR, she struggles to breath when coming back to and chokes.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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therealkashadavis
*Spoilers* After ODing, Nic can be seen unconscious under the floor from underneath a bathroom stall
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Does someone have a seizure?
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The main character overdosed on drugs and begins to seize on the floor of a public washroom
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teethforhair
a teenager dies of an overdose and the mother is seen in mourning talking explicitly about her death.
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Death
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Does someone die?
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therealkashadavis
Someone is mentioned to have died of an overdose
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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therealkashadavis
Ocean is seen many times throughout the film
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Does someone vomit?
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ellamccarville
the first is at around 0:08:45 (no visual) and the second is 0:17:35 (visual but no sound)
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
One of the main characters injects meth many times onscreen.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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rferg16
The scene only shows a drug rehabilitation center.
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What content?
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One of the main characters attempts to overdose and is seen writing what I would interpret to be a suicide note.
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Is there misophonia?
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jazzytherat
It is not portrayed in the movie, but many scenes could trigger misophonia.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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frogsoup
it's not a baby but a toddler does cry and scream
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Pregnancy
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Sex
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teethforhair
there is a shower sex scene that shows very little nudity.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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therealkashadavis
Male character is sent to rehab and cries, and his father expresses a disappointment
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Sickness
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2005
if you consider addiction a chronic illness, than yes, but otherwise no
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Social
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2005
nic is without a home for a lot of the movie while he is on drugs
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Honestly, the movie is pretty bleak all the way through, but the screen titles at the end do assure you that the drug-addicted character is currently alive and 8 years clean so it could have been worse.
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Is there blood/gore?
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emospongebob
No gore, but a very very small amount of blood when a character injects drugs into them
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