Honey Boy (2019)

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   Siskoid

   Honey Boy is the movie Shia LaBeouf wrote in recovery, and it is essentially the story of how and why it was written, eating its own tail by the end. It's therapy put to film, with LaBeouf even playing his own abusive father. The names have been changed to allow fiction to creep in (if it has), but it is essentially autobiographical. Or biographical. Because while we do follow the child actor and ask whether a 12-year-old can handle that profession and the fame that comes with it, we are equally in the father's headspace, and must ask whether a parent can handle managing a child in that business (not that it's a key component, as there are many people not cut out for parenting even kids who just do normal things like go to school and play video games). What LaBeouf has put into this is deep empathy. Called it like he saw it, but also tried to explain it from the other side. The abusive parent is not off the hook for his behavior, but nor is he a monster. Though it has some directorial flourishes, Honey Boy mostly raw realism, and has the biopic's way of showing moments that do not necessarily resolve or "pay off". Much of the appeal comes from knowing its genesis, but even if you didn't know anything about it, I think it works as a difficult father-son story set in the not-very-well-known world of children's screen acting. 3 years 11 months ago
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   ChesterRoy

   Really enjoyed this one. You can tell it's a real passion project. Very emotional and shows his range off. 4 years 1 month ago
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   kurisu1974

   Pretty dull and one dimensional. I liked the chicken tho. 3 years 2 months ago

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