Movie Talk: The Oath, Beautiful Boy, Wildlife, and What They Had

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Beautiful Boy

Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.

Director: Felix van Groeningen

Screenplay: Luke Davies and Felix van Groeningen

Based on David Sheff’s memoir of the same name and on Nic Sheff’s memoir “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines”

Cast: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, and Amy Ryan

Distributor: Amazon Studios

Release Date: October 12, 2018 (in NY and LA), expanding nationwide in the following weeks

Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes

Genre: Biography, Drama

Rated R

Wildlife

Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry -- a housewife and a golf pro -- in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job -- and his sense of purpose -- he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.

Director: Paul Dano

Screenplay: Dano and Zoe Kazan

Based on Richard Ford’s novel of the same name

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, and Jake Gyllenhaal

Distributor: IFC Films

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes

Genre: Drama

Rated PG-13

What They Had

At the urging of her brother, a woman returns to Chicago to visit her father and mother -- the latter now suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Director: Elizabeth Chomko

Screenplay: Elizabeth Chomko

Cast: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, with Josh Lucas and Blythe Danner

Distributor: Bleecker Street

Release Date: October 19, 2018

Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes

Genre: Drama

Rated R

The Oath

In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.

Director: Ike Barinholtz

Screenplay: Ike Barinholtz

Cast: Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Nora Dunn, Chris Ellis, Jon Barinholtz, Meredith Hagner, Carrie Brownstein, John Cho, and Billy Magnussen

Distributor: Roadside Attractions and Topic Studios

Release Date: October 12, 2018

Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Rated R

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