Peter Hedges, tHe writer/director of the new family drama cum thriller BEN IS BACK rose to film fame with the successful WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE? BEN IS BACK tells what happens when Ben, (played by Peter’s son Lucas Hedges, last seen in BOY ERASED and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA) the drug addict son of the family returns home for Christmas against the advice of his worker.
His mother Holly (Oscar Winner Julia Roberts) is the only one standing up for him. Neither her new husband Neal or Ben’s sister think it good idea for the unannounced Christmas visit.
It is either Ben making Christmas right or making the biggest f***ing mistake.
The script plays on whether Ben’s intentions on staying clean are genuine. Mother Holly has already warned her son that…
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