Ben Is Back
On Christmas Eve morning, 19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns to his suburban family home. His mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming yet wary of his staying clean. Across a turbulent 24 hours, new truths emerge, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she moves heaven and earth to keep him safe.
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Joseph P. Reidy
John Silvestri
Rachel Jaros
Dianne Dreyer
Peter Hedges
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"Ben" (Lucas Hedges) arrives at his mother's home on Christmas eve and she is delighted. "Holly" (Julia Roberts) and her daughter "Ivy" (Kathryn Newton) know that he has a problem, though. He's a drug addict and has only recently managed to go for seven days without using. A Christmas carol service and an happy Christmas beckon for all if only he can stay sober but his erstwhile dealer has other plans and using the boy's dog as bait, entices him into one last delivery that has everyone racing around before something tragic happens. It's all rather bleak, this, with neither Hedges nor Roberts really having much to work with aside from the rather depressingly presented subject matter. Perhaps this will resonate more with those who have experienced some of the traumas addiction can cause, and this story certainly has an authentic (television) look to it, but there are plenty of better put together stories of recovery (or not) out there that reach out to the uninformed and unfamiliar in a more constructive fashion - and this just rather slotted in mid-table. I like Hedges, he has something natural about him - but here they are both rather mediocre in a rather mediocre melodrama that doesn't really develop the characters or the underlying threads of the story anywhere near enough.
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The directors of Ben Is Back are Joseph P. Reidy, John Silvestri, Rachel Jaros, Dianne Dreyer, and Peter Hedges.
The cast of Ben Is Back includes Lucas Hedges as Ben Burns, Julia Roberts as Holly Burns, Courtney B. Vance as Mr. Beeby, Bill Buell as Dairy Farmer, Frankie Verroca as Crackhead Junkie (uncredited), Jakari Fraser as Liam Burns-Beeby, Tim Guinee as Phil, Rosemary Howard as Christmas Service Congregant (uncredited), Myra Lucretia Taylor as Sally, Leon Addison Brown as Willie G., Cameron Scott Roberts as James Lamson, Rich Campbell as Recovering Addict (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Ben Is Back is 1h 43 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Ben Is Back trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Ben Is Back was released on 05 Dec 2018.
Ben Is Back is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Ben Is Back has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: ""Ben" (Lucas Hedges) arrives at his mother's home on Christmas eve and she is delighted. "Holly" (Julia Roberts) and her daughter "Ivy" (Kathryn Newton) know that he has a probl..."
