I loved this movie and I thought it was absolutely spectacular but we're gonna
start the review and the minds that I had going in which was not a good one
and the reason I want to start here is because after I saw the press screening
and I was going around telling you know I tweeted about how good it was but I
was telling people I know Wow beautiful boy is something special and without
fail every single person I talked to personally was like that seems like lame
to me that seems like the same old same old so I want to I want to let you know
that I'm I was in the same place that I'm sure many of you are if not all of
you are but I want to convince you that you should still see this movie oh it's
so good alright so going into the film I thought with just another Steve Carell
we beat and to be fair the first few he made were impressive and entertaining
but after a while they've all started to seem the same right and in fact he's got
another one coming out in December and then there's Plan B which is Brad Pitt's
production company my Brad Pitt of course has become quite the prolific
producer Wendy an Oscar for producing not for acting fascinating but he's
become his company has become a bit of an awards Factory and this year they
have their usual batch of contenders that are on that are so well engineered
they almost seem disingenuous they're like the Pixar of awards season that's
what plan B is becoming and also Carell Steve Carell has been trying to win an
Oscar for quite some time the whole thing is just really transparent right
then as for Timothy sha'lame it's hard to be the actor right especially when
call me by your name never really connected with the industry or audiences
overall he did gain an intense fan following from that movie but you know
that doesn't necessarily translate into a career all the time alright so I
didn't have my expectations going in I felt that it was just gonna be you know
again very disingenuous very transparent Oscar play and stuff I'd seen before
right but from seeing one I was totally blown away by this mute
movie beautiful boy is an acting tour de force by both Steve Carell and Timothy
sha'lame and I really want to emphasize the acting that was so cool to see
remember the 70s the seventies are in fact gonna play a lot in to mix the
review but in the 70s they just put camera down put two actors in front of
it and they would act the crap out of that scene right I'm talking about the
kinds of scenes that people pull for acting class these days right and if
you've ever studied acting even casually or seen a show let's say like Barry you
know what I'm talking about right and it was so cool to see a new movie like that
right now I'm not saying there isn't great acting on display today but
there's always like VFX er my god you know cinematography filters are quick
editing right clever clever editing in the mix beautiful boy though is bra
powerful acting and while the movie references to John Lennon song of the
title of the movie and also reminded me of cats in the cradle as a rare
important look at the complex relationships between fathers and sons
and while Luca Guadagnino infused every aspect of call me by your name with his
creative voice like you constantly felt his his hand right was amazing Belgium's
Felix Van Groningen steps back and does more of an assist to the script and the
actors performing it if this were the 1970s this film would star Dustin
Hoffman and the Steve Carell role and Steve Carell actually does Hoffman's
legacy justice it's not like I wish this had been made in the 70s with Dustin
Hoffman could be in it it's like wow this is right up there with Dustin
Hoffman's most iconic work really good as for shallow May since David Sheff son
became a mystery to him through drug addiction this is based on a real-life
story by the way I think that's adds to I think the movies powerful nature but
shallow based characters kept at a distance to the audience he's a mystery
to Steve Carell in therefore mystery to us which works by the way but it's a
it's a it's an obstacle it's a hurdle for shallow mate but I'm happy to say
it's one that he clears and he still manages to make an impression
especially when he's going toe-to-toe with Carrell and the acting I was so
good and this is such a 180 from his call me by your name character that
shallow mate proves he's not just a skilled actor but a versatile one as
well this was like it's interesting because you know I have such a strong
impression of shallow mate from calling upon your name and also the fan base
that's erupted around him for him to totally change his persona was really
amazing to watch I also Jack Dylan grazer is so so well
cast his younger version of sha'lame they did indeed seem like different aged
versions of the same person that was great now Dustin Hoffman's movies and
Hoffman himself have been nominated for and won quite a number of Oscars right
you should and you should see them they're very very good Dustin Hoffman
kind of really a mage amazing stretch of work there so how about beautiful boy
will that be an awards contender as well I worry about the love Simon effect to
be honest with you some people will feel it's not dark enough right that it's too
suburban and to be honest it takes what I think might be labelled as a
conservative turn towards the end of the movie but I feel that label would be
unfair I think the movie in fact it's very brave and how it honestly shows a
father's impossible decision I mean Steve Carell plays just such a wonderful
but yet very human and flawed father and I think there's also a there's a
commentary on divorce here as well which I'm not sure how people will respond to
either it's not overt but it's certainly you know in in in the soup so to speak
and the whole point of this movie I'd like to say is that America's drug
problem is not just other people's problem anymore right but it is coming
into suburban homes and the lives of people who would never ever ever have
expected to be touched by drugs and have it and all of American history but here
it is however I can see some people in the media and the industry who have a
notice who have been in the trenches with drugs for a long time on either
side especially because the industry particularly the awards voters tend to
skew older and so they were around in the 70s right I think that they see the
drug situation still very much of that time
and I think I can see that holding that against this movie but I think that
would be a mistake I loved it I thought it was raw powerful
honest and French and also awards season as we know it's so political it's all
about not just the quality of a film but what its message is and I think it's
really important to get new messages in there and this again is such a new
message I mean America does have a horrific drug epidemic unlike its ever
seen before reaching Americans that beforehand have remained untouched and I
think that's great and I think that this movie not only
portrays that but does so in a realistic and honest manner I was really impressed
so that's my review of beautiful boy I'm curious to hear your thoughts down below
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