Thursday, June 2, 2011

Beautiful Boy

Prepare yourself: This movie hits you where it hurts, and like a speeding train.

Estranged couple Bill and Kate not only discover that their teenage son has been killed in a school shooting but that he was in fact the shooter. Bam. Talk about a life-changing moment. But this is not a film about the what and where, it’s about the why and how. Intimately focused, it deals with the couple’s relationship and their battle to move through the mud they find themselves mired in.

How does one pick up the pieces after your reality is shattered? Who do you blame? How can you ever forgive the child you so loved? Sadly this is an issue that real people have had to deal with, and this film makes it that much more so. It’s a story you won’t easily forget.

Rating: 4 outta 5.

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