Director Peter Hedges
Genre Drama
Cast Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton
Rating R
Release Date December 7th, 2018
“Nineteen-year-old Ben unexpectedly returns to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve. Ben’s mom, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son’s drug addiction. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love gets put to the test as Holly does everything in her power to keep Ben clean.”
Written and directed by Peter Hedges (About a Boy, Dan in Real Life), Ben Is Back is a drama that tells the story of a nineteen-year-old who returns to his families suburban home on Christmas Eve, putting everyone on edge due to his struggle with drug addiction. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Film Facts. Ben Is Back:
Writer/director Peter Hedges is the father of lead actor Lucas Hedges who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance in Manchester by the Sea (2016).
Lucas Hedges and Kathryn Newton co-starred the year before in Lady Bird (2017) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), marking this movie their third collaboration.