Honey Boy is inseparable from actor Shia LaBeouf. Not only did he write and play one of the lead roles in this project, but it's also based upon his life, specifically his childhood as a child actor while living with his abusive father, the figure LaBeouf plays in
Honey Boy. Those expecting a glossy clean-cut biopic from LaBeouf and director Alma Har'el's approach to this deeply personal story will be left unsatisfied.
Honey Boy is constantly raw in examining Shia's youth and how it impacted him as an adult and will leave viewers (appropriately) uncomfortable in numerous instances. It's not an easy watch in the slightest, but that's incredibly fitting for this story and taking such an uncompromising gaze with this story helps to make
Honey Boy as outstanding as it is.
