The troubled-teen genre is getting a workout this year, with films like “Beautiful Boy,” starring Timothée Chalamet as a teenage meth addict, and Joel Edgerton’s “Boy Erased,” starring Lucas Hedges as a teen whose parents won’t accept that he’s gay and push him into a conversion therapy program.
Hedges also appears with Julia Roberts in his father Peter Hedges’ “Ben Is Back,” a natural bookend to “Beautiful Boy” although it takes a very different approach to teen addiction.
While the latter covers a family struggling over a wide swath of time, “Ben Is Back” takes place over the course of a single night, Christmas Eve.
Also Read: 'Beautiful Boy' Film Review: Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell Shine in Harrowing Look at Addiction
The title gives away the setup: Ben, who’s been away for almost four months in rehab, unexpectedly shows up on the front door just before Christmas.
Hedges also appears with Julia Roberts in his father Peter Hedges’ “Ben Is Back,” a natural bookend to “Beautiful Boy” although it takes a very different approach to teen addiction.
While the latter covers a family struggling over a wide swath of time, “Ben Is Back” takes place over the course of a single night, Christmas Eve.
Also Read: 'Beautiful Boy' Film Review: Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell Shine in Harrowing Look at Addiction
The title gives away the setup: Ben, who’s been away for almost four months in rehab, unexpectedly shows up on the front door just before Christmas.
- 12/5/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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