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Un adolescent toxicomane débarque à l'improviste dans sa famille le soir du réveillon de Noël.Un adolescent toxicomane débarque à l'improviste dans sa famille le soir du réveillon de Noël.Un adolescent toxicomane débarque à l'improviste dans sa famille le soir du réveillon de Noël.
- Prix
- 3 victoires et 13 nominations au total
David Zaldívar
- Spencer 'Spider' Webbs
- (as David Zaldivar)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesWhen Peter Hedges was developing the film he had no intention of casting his son Lucas Hedges in the titular role, and had already created a shortlist of other actors he was considering. It was Julia Roberts, who after seeing the younger Hedges in Manchester sur mer (2016), insisted he be cast.
- GaffesThere is a scene where Julia Roberts' car breaks down. Her son tries to start it but is unsuccessful. He then says we need gas. The next scene they're at a gas station with no explanation as to how they got there. Saying that they needed gas doesn't necessarily mean that the tank is empty. There could easily have been sufficient fuel left to drive to the gas station.
- ConnexionsFeatured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Julia Roberts/Patrick Wilson (2018)
- Bandes originalesIn the Bleak Midwinter
Lyrics by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Music by Gustav Holst
(incorrectly attributed as Traditional)
Performed by Church Choir & Dr. Paul-Martin Maki
Commentaire en vedette
In the many treatments of troubled young men this year (Boy Erased, Beautiful Boy, Burning, to name ones I'm aware of), Ben is Back is the most affecting. Ben (Lucas Hedges) has bolted from his rehab clinic to spend time with his loving family. Although the film devolves into a quasi-thriller, the first half or so depicts with alarming clarity what it means to have a heroin addict in the house, even for a day. It's hell.
His Mom, Holly (Julia Roberts), is the one most acutely aware about hiding anything that her son might use to get off the wagon. Holly is one of the strong women characters for this year, reminding that Roberts has the chops to pull of a heavily dramatic role, as she did in Erin Brockovich and August: Osage County. Hedges, like Roberts, gives a performance of his much shorter lifetime.
The household stress is shifted when Ben's pet dog is stolen for ransom to lure him back into the dealer game. Director Peter Hedges (father of Lucas) has mom and son searching for the dog but also for a connection that can erase Ben's addiction. Finding the dog is the action to make the film come alive and to show the audience the scary world of drug dealers.
By moving the action to the search outside the home, Hedges has lost the demanding drama of family adjustment including the teen sister, Ivy (Kathryn Newton), the two younger siblings, and the tough-love Dad, Neal (Courtney B. Vance). The world of dealers we have seen before, but such a slice of upper-middle class turmoil has been too infrequently portrayed. Even Beautiful Boy didn't involve the audience as much as Ben is Back does.
By adding the dealer turn of the screw, Hedges has revealed the convoluted and pain-giving world of addiction, now planted firmly in homelife, where even the streets must compete for tragedy and despair. Although Ben is Back has formulaic elements and an unfortunate clustering with other young-men lost films this year, it stands alone in revealing the horror addiction unleashes at home
His Mom, Holly (Julia Roberts), is the one most acutely aware about hiding anything that her son might use to get off the wagon. Holly is one of the strong women characters for this year, reminding that Roberts has the chops to pull of a heavily dramatic role, as she did in Erin Brockovich and August: Osage County. Hedges, like Roberts, gives a performance of his much shorter lifetime.
The household stress is shifted when Ben's pet dog is stolen for ransom to lure him back into the dealer game. Director Peter Hedges (father of Lucas) has mom and son searching for the dog but also for a connection that can erase Ben's addiction. Finding the dog is the action to make the film come alive and to show the audience the scary world of drug dealers.
By moving the action to the search outside the home, Hedges has lost the demanding drama of family adjustment including the teen sister, Ivy (Kathryn Newton), the two younger siblings, and the tough-love Dad, Neal (Courtney B. Vance). The world of dealers we have seen before, but such a slice of upper-middle class turmoil has been too infrequently portrayed. Even Beautiful Boy didn't involve the audience as much as Ben is Back does.
By adding the dealer turn of the screw, Hedges has revealed the convoluted and pain-giving world of addiction, now planted firmly in homelife, where even the streets must compete for tragedy and despair. Although Ben is Back has formulaic elements and an unfortunate clustering with other young-men lost films this year, it stands alone in revealing the horror addiction unleashes at home
- JohnDeSando
- 17 déc. 2018
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Ben Is Back
- Lieux de tournage
- Sloatsburg, New York, États-Unis(Hayward's Market, Super Seven store)
- sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 13 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 3 703 184 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 80 734 $ US
- 9 déc. 2018
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 10 134 204 $ US
- Durée1 heure 43 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1
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