Movie review: 'Ben Is Back’ exquisitely devastating family story for the opiate era

[The Patriot]

Movie review: 'Ben Is Back’ exquisitely devastating family story for the opiate era

12-05-2018 08:42 AM

Loving an addict is a nearly impossible thing to do. Writer/director Peter Hedges captures the aching difficulty with a crystalline and harrowing clarity in "Ben Is Back." It stars his son, Lucas Hedges, as Ben, and Julia Roberts as Ben’s mother, Holly, whose Christmas wish is to have Ben home for the holiday. It’s a lesson in being careful what you wish for.


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