Co-written and directed by Felix Van Groeningen, Beautiful Boy follows the real story from the memoirs of father and son David and Nic Sheff.  The movie stars Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, and Maura Tierney.

Groeningen is a Belgium writer and director. One movie he directed is The Broken Circle Breakdown, which earned an Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Film. The movie won several awards, including Label Europa Cinemas at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, the movie chronicles the heart wrenching and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

The two movie clips show the discomfort of trying to reach your child when personal contact is lost.

David Sheff’s memoir is called “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction,” and Nic Sheff’s memoir is called “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines.”

Interestingly, kids get diagnosed with learning disabilities and given methamphetamines. They become addicted to them.

Watch the movie trailer and see some fine, fine acting by both Carell and Chalamet.  Chalamet as Nic literal morphs in the restaurant scene.  I didn’t even recognize him at first.