A very difficult subject to tackle. It's a slow, drawn-out movie, but I think the material warranted analyzing the layers of grief and guilt that the characters struggle with. Not a movie I would watch again, but it's definitely interesting.

Extraordinarily well done and surprisingly engaging particularly for a movie all about grief. Atypical choice, a sort of seeing from the other side.

An interesting point of view on high school killers. Sheen and Bello are great, but Beautiful Boy's true accomplishment is that it puts the viewer in the same position as the confused, grieving parents since we to only can guess of why their son committed that horrible crime. But with all the good things, BB fails on the storyline, which sometimes seems a bit off. Another one to the all good things come in pairs theory. Looking forward to We Need To Talk About Kevin...

Bleak and moderately thought-provoking with a refreshing lack of melodrama. As expected, it has tons of crying and shouting but thanks to stellar performances by Bello and Sheen, these scenes never feel forced or manipulative. The major drawback is its limited scope. It feels too focused on being non-judgmental that it barely skims the surface on the psychology of the horrible crime. Nevertheless, it is a fearless and intimately raw exploration of grief and loss amid confusion.