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Honey Boy

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Mature 15+

Suitable for mature persons 15 years and over.

NOTE: Strong coarse language

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We saw young Noah Jupe in supporting roles before: eg; Ford vs Ferrari and Wonder, but this is an amazing role for him. What an actor. Shia has written his early childhood trauma on his sleeve and pulls no punches about his father, playing that role himself chillingly well, an angry, unhinged, unlikeable man. Heartbreaking scenes really. Lucas Hedges plays the older Shia well, at the point of his life where it all turns sour. But the film is Jupes, playing the young Shia. Incredible.

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Honey Boy

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. Fictionalising 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 neighbour 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 therapy and imagination as hope.

Critic Reviews:

  • " The movie feels very raw. LaBeouf's voice is very unfiltered through this movie… You can tell that he's working through things as he writes the movie. " – Moira MacDonald
  • " Is quite remarkable in its softness, in its emotion, and in [Shia LaBeouf's] heartfelt manner in showing his dad the type of love he deserved when he needed it the most. " – Paul Byrnes
  • " Honey Boy is an equally unsettling and dreamlike portrait of an artist and their journey throughout life. " – David Stratton
Release date Australia
February 17th, 2021
Movie Format
DVD Region
  • Region 4
Director
Language
English
Length (Minutes)
94
Studio
Subtitles
English
Number of Discs
1
Country of Production
  • USA
Genre
Original Release Year
2021
Box Dimensions (mm)
135x190x14
UPC
9344256021343
Product ID
34338299

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