A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
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- 10 wins & 41 nominations
Dorian Brown Pham
- Pam
- (as Dorian Pham)
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- TriviaShia LaBeouf was arrested for public intoxication in July of 2017 in Savannah, Georgia. He was ordered to attend a 10 week rehab program, where he discovered that he had PTSD and began writing the screenplay for Honey Boy
- Crazy credits"And Introducing Henrietta LaFowl, World's First Daredevil Chicken"
- SoundtracksMy Struggles
Written by Missy Elliott (as Melissa Elliott), Mary J. Blige, Grand Puba (as Maxwell Dixon), Qu'ran Goodman, Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland (as Alfred W. Cleveland), Johnny Bristol (as John W. Bristol), Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner (as Leroy Bonner), Marshall E. Jones (as Marshall Jones), Ralph Middlebrooks, Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison), Norman Napier, Marvin Pierce, Andrew Noland, Gregory A. Webster (as Gregory Webster), William Jeffery, Lisa Peters, Tony Dofat
Performed by Missy Elliott feat. Mary J. Blige and Grand Puba
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Published by Mass Confusion Productions, Universal Music Publishing Group, The Royalty Network, Sony ATV, Bridgeport Music Inc. (BMI), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP) obo JEFFIX MUSIC (ASCAP) obo Fifth Floor Music Inc (ASCAP) All rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, Do Fat Music (BMI)
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Honey Boy(2019)
I for one, am fascinated by Shia LaBeouf. I'm sure I'm not the only one. He is a polarizing figure in Hollywood and I was amazed that this guy marathoned all of his films in the cinema. I think he is a wonderful actor as well, see The Peanut Butter Falcon and American Honey for proof. When I heard he was writing a memoir of sorts about the tumultuous relationship with his father, I was definitely going to go see it. This film was pretty much what I expected it to be.
A semi-biographical picture about the life of Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy follows a young rising child actor and his bipolar relationship with his father. His father is a former rodeo clown and is a deadbeat, for a lack of a better word. The relationship is marred with verbal and physical abuse. The child actor grows up with post traumatic stress disorder because of his upbringing and must learn to come up with ways to cope with his past that effects him. The film stars Lucas Hedges and Shia LaBeouf in the father role.
The story feels authentic because it is. I think the child actor involved and Shia were very good and you just can't help but feel the toxicity involved in their relationship. Its something that pains the young kid much later into his life, which unfortunately in a common curse in a bad upbringing. I still feel like there were parts of the film that were left unrealized but for what we get its a worthy time watching this film about a relationship that has some ups but mostly a lot of downs.
You can feel that the film is a personal one which is why its just an entertaining watch. I'm here trying to look for parallels between the child actors works depicted and a corresponding work that Shia LaBeouf did, to see the similarities between the film and real life. Overall, this will be a painful watch for some and invigorating for others. I enjoyed it for what it was and want to see Shia do more writing for film.
7/10
A semi-biographical picture about the life of Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy follows a young rising child actor and his bipolar relationship with his father. His father is a former rodeo clown and is a deadbeat, for a lack of a better word. The relationship is marred with verbal and physical abuse. The child actor grows up with post traumatic stress disorder because of his upbringing and must learn to come up with ways to cope with his past that effects him. The film stars Lucas Hedges and Shia LaBeouf in the father role.
The story feels authentic because it is. I think the child actor involved and Shia were very good and you just can't help but feel the toxicity involved in their relationship. Its something that pains the young kid much later into his life, which unfortunately in a common curse in a bad upbringing. I still feel like there were parts of the film that were left unrealized but for what we get its a worthy time watching this film about a relationship that has some ups but mostly a lot of downs.
You can feel that the film is a personal one which is why its just an entertaining watch. I'm here trying to look for parallels between the child actors works depicted and a corresponding work that Shia LaBeouf did, to see the similarities between the film and real life. Overall, this will be a painful watch for some and invigorating for others. I enjoyed it for what it was and want to see Shia do more writing for film.
7/10
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- Nov 15, 2019
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- Cậu Bé Đáng Thương
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- Gross US & Canada
- $3,012,615
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $301,065
- Nov 10, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $3,400,977
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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