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Title: Honey Boy (2019)
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Lucas Hedges has starred in critically-acclaimed films like Lady Bird and Manchester by the Sea. Next up he'll star in Honey Boy alongside Shia LaBeouf. What other roles has he played?
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Shia LaBeouf | ... | James Lort | |
| Lucas Hedges | ... | Otis (22) | |
| Noah Jupe | ... | Otis (12) | |
| Byron Bowers | ... | Percy | |
| Laura San Giacomo | ... | Dr. Moreno | |
| FKA Twigs | ... | Shy Girl | |
| Natasha Lyonne | ... | Mom | |
| Maika Monroe | ... | Sandra | |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | ... | Tom | |
| Mario Ponce | ... | Tiny | |
| Martin Starr | ... | Alec | |
| Haylee Sanchez | ... | Working Girl 1 | |
| Giovanni Lopes | ... | Rehab Nurse | |
| Dorian Brown Pham | ... | Pam (as Dorian Pham) | |
| Greta Jung | ... | AD | |
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood's ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har'el casts Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the daring and therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Artist and musician FKA twigs makes her feature-film debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har'el's feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as medicine and imagination as hope.
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Since yesterday night, I haven't been able to get this away from my mind.
Honey Boy is one of the best self-movies I have seen it in a long time. It is extremely humane and deeply discomforting. It is a difficult watch but a transformative film.
Despite Shia Lebeouf's dysfunctions in his own life, it is definitely his most gut-wringing performance. He plays his own father. There's an honest heart in Lebeouf's own script. Alma Har'el's brilliant direction ensures that the film has so much quality that it rises way above a simple movie.
It is an auto-biographical drama that you should NOT miss whenever it releases. :)