Ben Is Back
2018 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.6 · 74% critics
On Christmas Eve morning, a 19-year-old unexpectedly returns home, and his mother is torn between relief and fear as she tries to keep him safe. Over the next day, the family’s resolve is tested while hard new truths come to light and the race to protect him escalates fast.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-12-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (964 votes)
About
You’ll likely like this intense, heartfelt holiday drama about protecting a loved one through addiction and fear; Not for you if you want a purely uplifting Christmas story like 6 Balloons, or if you dislike bleak, escalating tension like No Exit.
Pros: powerful performances; tense holiday drama; emotional realism | Cons: bleak and tough; plot feels off-track; not fully accurate
Themes
- drug dealer
- small town
- drug addiction
- criticism and blame
- drug rehabilitation
- church
- family conflict
- painful memories
- temptation
- older brother younger sister
- family dog
- return of son
- +12 more
Cast & crew
Julia Roberts
as Holly Burns
Lucas Hedges
as Ben Burns
Courtney B. Vance
as Mr. Beeby
Kathryn Newton
as Ivy Burns
Rachel Bay Jones
as Beth Conyers
David Zaldivar
as Spencer 'Spider' Webbs
Alexandra Park
as Cara K.
Michael Esper
as Clayton
Tim Guinee
as Phil
Myra Lucretia Taylor
as Sally
Directed by Peter Hedges