Clean and Sober (1988)
Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
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At heart, it’s an addiction drama in the vein of “Clean and Sober” or “The Boost,” as Whitaker retreats deeper and deeper into the bottle.
…hink of “Flight” as Michael Crichton’s book “Airframe” crossed with the Michael Keaton movie “Clean and Sober,” with some talk about God awkwardly sprinkled throughout.
Belgian Director Felix Van Groeningen (“The Broken Circle Breakdown“) combines those volumes in “Beautiful Boy,” a painfully sincere picture that does its very best to dodge the conventions of the rehab movie – established in “Clean and Sober,” “28 Days,” “Permanent MidnightTIFF and more made-for-TV efforts than you can shake an AA chip at – but never quite forges its own path.