Coming to theaters on November 8, 2019 is the terrific HONEY BOY, from Amazon Studios.
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el (Bombay Beach, LoveTrue) brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.
Fictionalizing his ascent to stardom, and subsequent crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har’el casts Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased, Manchester by the Sea) as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Dancer-singer 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 through the life and times of a talented, traumatized performer who dares to go in search of himself.
The film was on everyone’s must-see list earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Check out the reviews below.
Hollywood Reporter review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/honey-boy-review-1178233
Variety review: https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/honey-boy-review-shia-labeouf-1203116680/
EW review: https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/01/26/honey-boy-review/
IndieWire: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/honey-boy-review-shia-labeouf-sundance-1202038223/
Collider: http://collider.com/honey-boy-review-shia-labeouf/
