Beautiful Boy (2010)

	Directed by: Shawn Ku	COUNTRY USA/Canada GENRE Drana NORWEGIAN TITLE Beautiful Boy RUNNING TIME 100 minutes
	Produced by: Lee Clay Eric Gozlan
	Written by: Michael Armbruster Shawn Ku

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Bill Carroll	Michael Sheen
Kate Carroll	Maria Bello
Eric	Alan Tudyk	½
Trish	Moon Bloodgood	½
Sam Carroll	Kyle Gallner
The motel manager	Meat Loaf

Review

The catastrophe is looming as in a camp horror movie in the opening of this well-acted film about one of our time's biggest taboos: school shootings. Which is why it doesn't feel like a spoiler revealing that Beautiful Boy explores the aftermath of one such event, seen from the point of view of the killer's parents. And through the sensitive, powerful performances of Michael Sheen and Maria Bello, the film manages to stay on the right side of melodrama.