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Beautiful Boy

Summary: 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.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: R

Countries: United States, Canada
Language: English
Domestic: $ 77,247
International: $ 62,876

Box office:

Domestic:$77.2KInternational:$62.9KWorldwide:$140.1K

Box office International:

Source: The Numbers

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71%56%

28%41%
White52.94%Black17.65%Asian11.76%Mixed / Other11.76%Jewish5.88%
1.30

Commonsensemedia

Message2/5
Role model2/5
Violence3/5
Sex3/5
Language3/5
Consumerism1/5
Drugs2/5

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This film gets a 1.3/5 family friendly score

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Message
2/5

From the wreckage of a terrible tragedy rises one positive message: Time and love can heal and bring forgiveness.

Role model
2/5

Sam's parents, though broken, still find a way to be compassionate and open to what's to come.

Violence
3/5

Allusions to and brief news clips about a character who stormed around a college campus and shot innocent bystanders, killing some of them. It's not visually gory, but it's visceral. Some discussion of how he then killed himself (he's shown briefly wielding a gun). Another character has a meltdown at an office and screams at his colleagues. A married couple has a loud, brutally honest argument.

Sex
3/5

A couple has drunken sex (not much is seen, though some movements under a sheet suggest intercourse). A bare breast is briefly visible.

Language
3/5

Relatively infrequent use of words like "f--k," "hell," and "damn."

Consumerism
1/5

Some products like Yoplait and FunYuns are name-dropped or shown, but there's not a lot of selling happening.

Drugs
2/5

A grieving couple gets drunk (drinking shots of hard liquor), trying to momentarily forget their deep-seated sadness.

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