Ben Is Back
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
Directed by: Peter Hedges Joseph P. Reidy Dianne Dreyer Rachel Jaros John SilvestriGenres: Drama,
Production Company: Black Bear Pictures, Color Force, 30WEST, Sierra/Affinity,
- Release Date: 05-12-2018
- Runtime: 103 Minutes
- Popularity: 15.60
- Vote Count: 862
- IMDB Rating: 6.7
- Budget: USD 13,000,000
- Revenue: USD 12,616,995
- Region: United States of America ( US ),
- Homepage: http://benisbackmovie.com
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Julia Roberts | Holly Burns |
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Lucas Hedges | Ben Burns |
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Courtney B. Vance | Mr. Beeby |
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Kathryn Newton | Ivy Burns |
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Rachel Bay Jones | Beth Conyers |
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David Zaldivar | Spencer 'Spider' Webbs |
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Alexandra Park | Cara K. |
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Michael Esper | Clayton |
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Tim Guinee | Phil |
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Myra Lucretia Taylor | Sally |
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Peter Hedges | Directing (Director) |
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Peter Hedges | Production (Producer) |
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Peter Hedges | Writing (Writer) |
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Chryss Hionis | Art (Set Decoration) |
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Stuart Dryburgh | Camera (Director of Photography) |
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Joseph P. Reidy | Production (Co-Producer) |
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Joseph P. Reidy | Directing (First Assistant Director) |
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Brad Simpson | Production (Producer) |
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Ford Wheeler | Art (Production Design) |
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Melissa Toth | Costume & Make-Up (Costume Design) |
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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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