Honey Boy review, Culture Whisper
Movies have always tried to repair damaged people, but there’s been a recent commendable effort from filmmakers to bandage characters with more psychiatric methods. Watching films like IT: Chapter Two and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (out January) is like attending high-budget therapy sessions, but Alma Har’el’s film debut Honey Boy is different. Its screenplay was literally a result of therapy.
Controversial screen actor Shia LaBeouf wrote the film during his court-ordered rehab, after a drink-driving arrest in 2017. The film delves into his traumatised childhood with an alcoholic, abusive father played by LaBeouf himself in a furiously honest performance.
