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Beautiful Boy (2011)

Directed by Shawn Ku · Cinematography by Michael Fimognari

R100 min196 frames

Drama

To confront the truth, first they had to face each other.

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Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: wide — A dark, rustic living room featuring a stone fireplace and large panoramic windows at night. A man stands…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: closeup — The interior of a vehicle at night with a blurred background visible through windows. A young man sits…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: establishing — A wooden hallway with a slatted balustrade leads to a glass-walled study area. The room is quiet…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A park setting with out-of-focus trees and greenery filling the background. A man and a woman hug closely…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A dimly lit tiled public restroom floor contains a backpack and drug paraphernalia. A person in a green…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: fullbody — A gravel driveway fronts a rustic wood-sided house nestled among trees and floral landscaping. Two men…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: closeup — A notebook page contains dense black ink illustrations of various faces and figures. Hand-written text…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A rustic kitchen features dark tile backsplashes, wood cabinetry, and a view of trees. A man in a blue…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — An office interior features wooden furniture, a vintage computer, and stacked document files. A…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A dimly lit interior space with wood-paneled walls and a patterned fabric couch. A woman with blond hair…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A group of men congregates on the concrete stairs leading up to an old building. A man in a blue hoodie…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A grassy athletic field with distant green hills under a bright clear sky. A young man wearing a maroon…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a plush upholstered sofa against a dark wall. Two lamps cast warm circles of…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: fullbody — A long, windowless airport jet bridge with white panelled walls and carpeted flooring. A woman and two…Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A modern living room features a large sectional sofa and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.Beautiful Boy (2011) movie still: medium — A dark balcony overlooking a distant urban landscape with numerous soft-focus blurred lights. A youth…
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What is Beautiful Boy about?

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.

Beautiful Boy is a 2010 American drama film directed by Shawn Ku and written by Ku and Michael Armbruster. The film stars Michael Sheen and Maria Bello as Bill and Kate Carroll, a married couple whose lives unravel after their 18-year-old son Sam dies in a school shooting and is identified as the perpetrator. The supporting cast includes Alan Tudyk, Moon Bloodgood, Austin Nichols, Meat Loaf and Myra Turley.

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Where can you watch Beautiful Boy?

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What does the cinematography of Beautiful Boy look like?

Sampled across 194 frames, the coverage of Beautiful Boy leans heavily on medium shots (72% of the sample). Cinematographer Michael Fimognari keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 88% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Beautiful Boy?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Beautiful Boy (2011) are #31302c, #51514a, #4e473a, #161413, #d1c8b0, #29231c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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