It's always a treat when streaming services put up the movies you've been wanting to see. Hulu put up Ben is Back, the drama starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges. The movie follows the Christmas Eve and Christmas of a family, and this year is special because their son Ben (Lucas Hedges) has surprised them and came home from rehab and sober living to spend Christmas with his family. Ben is addicted to opioids and while he is home, people and things from his past interfere with the picture perfect Christmas that they had planned. And his mother, Julia Roberts, takes it upon herself to try to fix it.
It was an incredible film, heavy, emotional, but imperative for people to see. In this time that America is going through the opioid crisis, people create their own ideas of what these families look like. The families that have addicts in their homes. I think this movie is a great way to break the barrier and help people understand what these families go through. What these addicts go through, there is so much more that people need to know. This movie is a great representation of their experiences.
The casting was amazing. Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges were a great pair. There was a lot of emotion that they put into these characters and everything felt very genuine. I highly recommend seeing this movie if you get the chance. Not only is it a great film, but it is also a great way to understand another walk of life.
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