
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 29 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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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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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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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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Animal
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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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Is there body horror?
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therealkashadavis
Graphic injection scars all along a man’s arm.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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*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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Does a kid die?
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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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Creepy Crawly
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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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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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awesomeunicornsigma26
nic overdoses at the end of the movie, he’s seen injecting himself with drugs then passing out on the floor, it talks about how the amount of drugs in his body should’ve killed him
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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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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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Loss
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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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The scene only shows a drug rehabilitation center.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Nic the main character battles with depression and anxiety the whole movie
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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 reality unstable or unhinged?
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We see a lot of scenes from nics perspective while he’s under the influence of meth and cocaine
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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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kinda??? like hes in the shower and water is pouring in his head but not like actually underwater
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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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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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I’m not sure if this counts but there’s a scene where nic and his girlfriend sneak into David’s house without knowing and he sees them come home and runs away
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Is there childbirth?
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no there is no childbirth
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Race
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Relationships
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There’s a brief moment where a girl talks about her experience at rehab and she says it’s all about god
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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teethforhair
there is a shower sex scene that shows very little nudity.
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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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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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2005
if you consider addiction a chronic illness, than yes, but otherwise no
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Is someone homeless?
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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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