Happy 2019! Wow, insane. I'm happy to start a new year. I'm so curious to see where I will go and what I will do in 2019... because I genuinely have no idea.
Ok, so. I want to talk about the movie Beautiful Boy. I wanted to see it as soon as the trailer came out so I searched and searched and could only find small independent theaters that were showing it. FINALLY a small art house in my town was showing it and I bought tickets with no hesitation. It was actually super cool to go to an art house rather than a big theater. There were only about 4 or 5 of us in there, so it was really cozy and nice.
Anyway: Beautiful Boy. What an amazing movie. I won't tell you much about it, other than it's essentially a film about drug addiction and how it effects the person dealing with it as well as everyone around him. I posted the trailer below. It stars Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell who both did a stunning job. It's based on the books Tweak by Nic Sheff and Beautiful Boy by David Sheff.
As you know, I did an internship with teenagers that were struggling with drug and alcohol addiction and it really changed my life. I learned that that is the population I want to work with and while I watched this movie, all I could think about was how excited I am to work with this population.
I really can't put into words how much I enjoyed this movie and how much I want to watch it again. They did a great job portraying drug addiction and I hope more people see Beautiful Boy to educate themselves. Too often, people see addiction as a senseless act by people who don't care about themselves or anyone else and that's not how it is - this film shows that.
Actually - it's being release on Amazon Prime TOMORROW! Go grab your tea, cookies, and tissues and watch it!
