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Beautiful Boy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Shawn Ku released in USA on 3 june 2011 with Michael Sheen
Beautiful Boy (2011)
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Add to a movie listBeautiful Boy is a 2010 drama film starring Michael Sheen and Maria Bello.
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The film opens up with home videos of a husband and wife at the beach with their young son. A young man reads a short story about a boy and girl; saying that they didn't know it, but their lives would one day irrevocably change. Bill (Michael Sheen) and Kate (Maria Bello) are a married couple who are tightly wound and devoted to their work. Bill is a businessman, and Kate proofreads books for a living. The only thing keeping them together is their eighteen-year-old son Sam (Kyle Gallner), who is having trouble adjusting to college.Actors
Michael Sheen
(Bill Carroll)
Maria Bello
(Kate Carroll)
Alan Tudyk
(Eric)
Moon Bloodgood
(Trish)
Kyle Gallner
(Sammy)
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