Honey Boy

2019

Action / Drama

53
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 235 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 42650 42.7K

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Plot summary

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

Director

Alma Har'el Photo
Alma Har'el

Top cast

Shia LaBeouf Photo
Shia LaBeouf as James Lort
FKA Twigs Photo
FKA Twigs as Shy Girl
Ludwig Manukian Photo
Ludwig Manukian as Hotel Manager
Natasha Lyonne Photo
Natasha Lyonne as Mom
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1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TechnicJunglist 8 / 10

Intense and bleak

You've got to be in the right headspace for this type of drama or it could eat you up. That being said Honey Boy is a total accomplishment for Shia in all aspects of the word. Honestly when Holes & Transformers were around I was not a fan but over the last 10 years or so he has delivered incredible performances this being the most vulnerable in my opinion. The entire cast is amazing & shining a light on child stardom and the repercussions of that matters. We've seen this scenario play in Hollywood too many times. Maybe this will make a dent somehow and I look forward to seeing what comes next for Shia.
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 8 / 10

A forthright and moving exercise in confrontation and vulnerability.

Yikes, but this is an angry film. An almost unrecognisable Shia LaBeouf portrays a father - a former rodeo clown - in this semi-autobiographical project. He has a pretty turbulent relationship with his son so, perhaps unsurprisingly, the kid goes off the rails and the story is cleverly related from the perspectives of the older version of the child (Lucas Hedges - now a 22 year old with anger-management and alcohol issues) and a really impressive Noah Jupe (also great in Le Mans '66) playing Otis as a 12 year old whose work as a child actor on daytime television is keeping himself and his father employed, as they live a sort of hand-to-mouth existence in a motel. I was never quite certain as to whether (or not) he is actually loved, or is just being used by his father as a mealticket. This is a moving, touching story - perhaps more so because it is written by a man who does not appear to wish to cover up much in this warts-and-all representation of some of his own early life. FKA Twigs offers a few moments of tenderness to the younger Otis as he struggles to come to terms with his fathers indifference. Otherwise this is a profoundly honest and absorbing, occasionally difficult 90 minutes. Ought to be seen, though.
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