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Honey Boy
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1248
- IMDb #1801
- Google retired #690
- Metacritic #1359
- Letterboxd #1087
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #484
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- Metacritic Critics #1163
- Metacritic Audience #1781
- Criticker #1013
- Kinopoisk #3056
- AlloCiné #2793
- Trakt #2190
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Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young actor in rehab reflects on his tumultuous childhood and complex relationship with his father. The story is told through flashbacks to his time as a 12-year-old child actor, living in a motel with his father, a former rodeo clown who serves as his abusive but fiercely loving guardian. The film explores the cycles of trauma and the difficult path to reconciliation.
Details
- Director
- Alma Har'el
- Writer
- Shia LaBeouf
- Released
- 7 November 2019
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $3.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic 2019 | Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic | Winner |
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