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'Ben Is Back' Review


Movie review: Emotional punches are not pulled in 'Ben Is Back'

Until now. Roberts shares the lion's share of screen time in “Ben Is Back” with Lucas Hedges (of whom, till now, I also haven't been ...

Ben is Back - Beautiful Boy Erased - Keith Loves Movies

Ben is Back is an excellent family addiction drama anchored by a ... For our earlier review of Ben is Back from this year's Toronto ...

Movie Review – Ben Is Back | Delmarvalife | wboc.com

This film provides us with a back-story that helps us to understand how Ben became addicted. Beautiful Boy doesn't. This film doesn't ignore the racial dynamics ...

Ben is Back - Facebook

The screenwriter behind About a Boy and What's Eating Gilbert Grape returns to the cinema with Ben Is Back. He shares his process with Creative Review. Monica ...

FILM REVIEW: Ben Is Back - The Tennessee Tribune

FILM REVIEW: Ben Is Back ... No matter how you slice it, a problem once relegated to the inner city is now all of America's crisis. From a ...

Review: 'Ben Is Back' exquisitely devastating family story for the ...

Peter Hedges has crafted an exquisitely devastating family story for the opiate era that quietly asks us to do the same.

Ben Is Back (2018) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending

Ben Is Back concerns just about 22 hours in the relationship between Holly Burns (Julia Roberts) and her teenage son Ben (Lucas Hedges).

Ben is Back review: Julia Roberts' star power almost overwhelms ...

The focus shifts from drama to melodrama – from a story about a young man in trouble to a story about a mother with true grit.

Ben Is Back 2019, directed by Peter Hedges | Film review - TimeOut

The miniaturisation of scope ends up making everything feel intensely melodramatic, while the frenetic, breathless editing – capably realised by ...

Ben Is Back - 500 Days Of Film

Ben Is Back is a gripping if contrived and rather stagey movie about the desperation of drug addiction.

Returning Home, Avoiding Relapse in 'Ben is Back' - Cinemacy

In this touching portrait of the PTSD of a recovering addict, Ben is Back is a beautiful and heartbreaking story that showcases the special, ...

Ben Is Back (2019) – Mmmkay - Movie Meister Reviews

Released: 31st January Seen: 13th February https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkkgG_jhYQk Every day in the United States, 130 people die from ...

'Ben Is Back' Review - International Policy Digest

Holly is simultaneously happy to see her son and apprehensive for his well-being and that of her family. Ben is putting up an “all is well” ...

Review: 'Ben is Back' does addiction right - Times Union

More Information ... Hedges steers clear of the addiction cycle problem by compressing the action to less than 24 hours. It begins on the ...

Ben is Back review - The Times

It was bound to happen eventually. We had duelling Snow White movies in 2012 (Mirror Mirror v Snow White and the Huntsman).

Ben Is Back review – Roberts and Hedges have astonishing chemistry

Lucas Hedges plays a teenage drug addict who attempts to reconcile with his mother, played by Julia Roberts.

Ben Is Back critic reviews - Metacritic

Critic Reviews ... You will laugh, cry, and be left breathless by Hedges' heart-pounding adventure and intimate portrait of family love. This film will hurt and ...

Review: Ben Is Back - Slant Magazine

Ben Is Back is more unpredictable and slyly entertaining than its earnest-sounding premise might suggest.

Ben Is Back (2018) - Troubled Productions

It's a film that's crying out for witnessing alongside people so you can see their emotional reaction. I really liked this film. I thought it ...

[WATCH] 'Ben Is Back' Review: Julia Roberts & Lucas Hedges

Julia Roberts plays a mother desperately trying to save son Lucas Hedges (again) from a downward spiral into drugs.