Realizing it is to do with him, Ben leaves the house to find him. That evening, the family returns home from church to find that someone has broken into their home and taken Ponce. Furious, she takes him to the cemetery, asking him where he would like to be buried. Holly finds drugs on Ben and he claims a girl at the meeting gave them to him. He tells Holly he needs to go to a support group meeting, where he later shares the story of how he almost overdosed, but was saved by his mom and the family dog, Ponce. Ben sees his childhood friend, Spencer, also a drug addict. She scolds him for getting her son hooked on painkillers after a snowboarding accident when Ben was younger. While holiday shopping at the mall, Holly runs into Ben's former doctor, now an old man with dementia. She agrees lets him stay for 24 hours only if he does not leave her sight. Happy to see him but Holly is also wary, as she does not want his instability to affect the other children. Holly Burns returns from church on Christmas Eve to find her son Ben in the driveway he has been in rehab for prescription drug addiction for some months, and says his sponsor said a trip home would be good for him. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Hedges and Roberts, but grossed just $12 million against its $13 million budget. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was theatrically released on December 7, 2018, by LD Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, and Lionsgate. The plot follows a mother who tries to help her addict son after he returns home from rehab. With her new Australian-shot romantic comedy featuring longtime friend George Clooney Lost in Paradise hitting cinemas on September 15 - BAZAAR rounds up 9 of Roberts’ best ever films.Ben Is Back is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges, and starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges and Courtney B. While her career has considerably slowed down since becoming a mother in the mid aughts, Roberts still shines when she does take on a new project - be it a drama, biopic or yes, a classic romcom. Throughout her now 35-year career, Roberts’ has been nominated for an Oscar four times - including for Pretty Woman - but it was the more serious 2001 drama Erin Brockovich which finally scored her a golden statuette. At just 22 years old, Roberts was catapulted into fame - becoming as tabloid-worthy and powerful as her future role in Notting Hill. But it wasn’t until Roberts was cast in Gary Marshall’s Pretty Woman in 1990 alongside Richard Gere, that she became Hollywood’s next obsession. Shortly after, the Georgia-native was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in Steel Magnolias opposite industry veterans, Sally Field and Shirley MacClaine. There was no one more lucrative or loved as a leading lady than the actress with the megawatt smile.įollowing her breakout role in the 1988 teen film Mystic Pizza, Roberts became one to watch. The biggest romcom selling point? Julia Roberts. We had an inconceivable amount of sitcoms ( Friends reign supreme), the daytime talk show reached its prime and romantic comedies were a Hollywood goldmine. THE NINETIES WAS the decade that pop-culture truly took off.
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