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Ben Is Back

A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.

Director

Peter Hedges

Year

Genre

Box Office

$3,703,184

Production

Black Bear Pictures,Color Force,30WEST,Sierra/Affinity

Awards

3 wins & 13 nominations

Homepage

http://benisbackmovie.com

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Holly Burns

Ben Burns

Neal Beeby

Courtney B. Vance

Ivy Burns

Beth Conyers

Rachel Bay Jones

Spencer 'Spider' Webbs

Cara K.

Clayton

Phil

Sally

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Mrs. Crane

Kristin Griffith

Dr. Crane

Lacey Burns-Beeby

Liam Burns-Beeby

James Lamson

Cameron Roberts

Maggie's Dad

Mr. Richman

Dairy Farmer

Customer

Sandra Caldwell

Lay Reader

Nathalie Carvalho

Bobette Parker

Emily Cass McDonnell

Nicole Hill

Pharmacist

Leon B. (as Marquise VilsÃ³n)

Marquise Vilson

Carole H.

Michelle Hedges

Karen W.

Willie G.

Leon Addison Brown

Gwenyth B.

Jessie

Robin Striem

Melissa van der Schyff

Officer Reidy

Rosalie Tenseth

Officer Wheeler

Michael David Baldwin

Clayton's 2nd

Church Choir

Anna Lee Warren

Church Choir

Church Choir

Vincenzo James Harty

Church Choir

Olivia Etchings

Church Choir

Kameron S. Holder

Church Choir

Daniella Guigliano

Church Choir

Julien Tornelli

Ponce

Choir

Alexandra Abrams

Kid in Church

Churchgoer

Elwaldo Baptiste

Recovering Addict

DoppelgÃ¤nger

Officer Thomas

Christmas Service Congregant

Rosemary Howard

Mall Santa Claus Kid Visitor

Congregation Member

Nativity Scene Child

Mall Shopper

Mall Teen

Jessica Jacoby Mingalone

Mexican Thug

Gentleman of the Church

Mexican Thug

Mexican Thug

Window Shopper

Rowan Olivia Tarmy

Mall Shopper

Crackhead Junkie

Frankie Verroca

Girl in Church

Nativity Scene Child

Genevieve Hye Jung Yoo

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Ben Burns Holly Burns Neal Beeby

It's out there doing pushups
right now - Ben Is Back

It's out there doing pushups right now

And I thank you for keeping me clean.
Thank you for letting me share. - Ben Is Back

And I thank you for keeping me clean. Thank you for letting ...

This fellowship, - Ben Is Back

This fellowship,

Now I have two new baby nieces - Ben Is Back

Now I have two new baby nieces

I'm just so grateful
that they'll never know me high. - Ben Is Back

I'm just so grateful that they'll never know me hi...

So I just want to get
to 78 right now. - Ben Is Back

So I just want to get to 78 right now.

So I called my sponsor, - Ben Is Back

So I called my sponsor,

And so I say, "Hey." - Ben Is Back

And so I say, "Hey."

I just bought presents that
I actually picked out for someone." - Ben Is Back

I just bought presents that I actually picked out for someon...

And, well, he said,
"If you were honest, Ben, - Ben Is Back

And, well, he said, "If you were honest, Ben,

You're the last person who should
believe his own bullshit, - Ben Is Back

You're the last person who should believe his own bulls...

(laughter) - Ben Is Back

Even better than that, - Ben Is Back

Even better than that,

(loud laughter) - Ben Is Back

(loud laughter)

This summer she found me upside down
on the stairs - Ben Is Back

This summer she found me upside down on the stairs

The doctor said that if it weren't
for my dog I would be dead. - Ben Is Back

The doctor said that if it weren't for my dog I would b...

Without her, I wouldn't be here
right now in this room. - Ben Is Back

Without her, I wouldn't be here right now in this room.

(voice shaking) The things that
I've done to myself and others... - Ben Is Back

(voice shaking) The things that I've done to myself and...

(Ben sniffles) - Ben Is Back

Maybe it's to come back
and make this Christmas right, - Ben Is Back

Maybe it's to come back and make this Christmas right,

All: Grant us the serenity - Ben Is Back

All: Grant us the serenity

Someone wiser than me,
your sponsor, said you can do this. - Ben Is Back

Someone wiser than me, your sponsor, said you can do this.

Say man, thanks for your share.
It's been a long time, you know. - Ben Is Back

Say man, thanks for your share. It's been a long time, ...

(people chatting) - Ben Is Back

(people chatting)

- Oh, I hope so.
- No, - Ben Is Back

- Oh, I hope so. - No,

And it was amusing
that someone young and hot... - Ben Is Back

And it was amusing that someone young and hot...

Well, you should get a sponsor.
It should be a woman. - Ben Is Back

Well, you should get a sponsor. It should be a woman.

It should be someone really tough
who will, you know, - Ben Is Back

It should be someone really tough who will, you know,

Oh, they're just talking program.
That's how we help each other. - Ben Is Back

Oh, they're just talking program. That's how we he...

So that's why, you know, I related
to so much to what you were saying. - Ben Is Back

So that's why, you know, I related to so much to what y...

Looks like she's gonna have you
try on the whole store. (laughs) - Ben Is Back

Looks like she's gonna have you try on the whole store....

These will both complement
your complexion, - Ben Is Back

These will both complement your complexion,

Ben, God damnit,
open this fucking door. - Ben Is Back

Ben, God damnit, open this fucking door.

- You think I'm an idiot.
- Can you please just exit the store. - Ben Is Back

- You think I'm an idiot. - Can you please just exit th...

(brakes squeal) - Ben Is Back

(brakes squeal)

The new section is nice.
Or do you want to be near a tree? - Ben Is Back

The new section is nice. Or do you want to be near a tree?

Okay, why don't you cremate me
and sprinkle me over Mrs. Blank, - Ben Is Back

Okay, why don't you cremate me and sprinkle me over Mrs...

I wasn't gonna use.
I'm not gonna use. - Ben Is Back

I wasn't gonna use. I'm not gonna use.

- You just...
- Mom- - - Ben Is Back

- You just... - Mom- -

Ben they only wanted your sandwich.
What did you put in it? - Ben Is Back

Ben they only wanted your sandwich. What did you put in it?

(on TV)
...and now I can't find her anywhere. - Ben Is Back

(on TV) ...and now I can't find her anywhere.

(on TV) Everyone grab onto me,
and I'll swing on this tree branch - Ben Is Back

(on TV) Everyone grab onto me, and I'll swing on this t...

(Ivy singing scales,
accompanied by a piano) - Ben Is Back

(Ivy singing scales, accompanied by a piano)

No, not those slacks.
The ones from when you were skinny. - Ben Is Back

No, not those slacks. The ones from when you were skinny.

Hey, buddy, the thing about an itch
is just don't scratch. - Ben Is Back

Hey, buddy, the thing about an itch is just don't scrat...

(sighs) - Ben Is Back

(organ plays
"O Come, All Ye Faithful") - Ben Is Back

(organ plays "O Come, All Ye Faithful")

Woman: "There were shepherds
out in the field, - Ben Is Back

Woman: "There were shepherds out in the field,

And an angel of the Lord
appeared to them." - Ben Is Back

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them."

I bring you good news of a great joy,
which will come to all the people. - Ben Is Back

I bring you good news of a great joy, which will come to all...

For to you is born this day
in the City of David - Ben Is Back

For to you is born this day in the City of David

You will find a babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes - Ben Is Back

You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes

May I say, Ivy, by the way,
this was your best singing ever. - Ben Is Back

May I say, Ivy, by the way, this was your best singing ever.

...for a second there I literally
thought that you were a sheep. - Ben Is Back

...for a second there I literally thought that you were a sh...

And you didn't even have to pretend,
because you're an angel. - Ben Is Back

And you didn't even have to pretend, because you'r...

(indistinct, happy chatter) - Ben Is Back

(indistinct, happy chatter)

We still got the TV,
and we got the computers, - Ben Is Back

We still got the TV, and we got the computers,

- See.
- (Ben exhales with relief) - Ben Is Back

- See. - (Ben exhales with relief)

- Mom, where's Ponce?
- You just checked the whole house. - Ben Is Back

- Mom, where's Ponce? - You just checked the whole hous...

Sweetie, he is just having
a Christmas adventure, all right? - Ben Is Back

Sweetie, he is just having a Christmas adventure, all right?

- (ornaments breaking)
- (alarm) Front door. - Ben Is Back

- (ornaments breaking) - (alarm) Front door.

You come back,
and then this happens. - Ben Is Back

You come back, and then this happens.

- (alarm) Front door.
- (door slams) - Ben Is Back

- (alarm) Front door. - (door slams)

He's the reason we got the alarm
in the first place. Where is he? - Ben Is Back

He's the reason we got the alarm in the first place. Wh...

No, no matter how hard I try
everything just turns to shit! - Ben Is Back

No, no matter how hard I try everything just turns to shit!

I put you in danger.
I put my family in danger. - Ben Is Back

I put you in danger. I put my family in danger.

And I should have known.
I'm so stupid. - Ben Is Back

And I should have known. I'm so stupid.

Where are you going? Ben? - Ben Is Back

Where are you going? Ben?

You don't understand. There are
so many people that it could be. - Ben Is Back

You don't understand. There are so many people that it ...

Mom, if we're...
if we're doing this together... - Ben Is Back

Mom, if we're... if we're doing this together...

(opera music in background) - Ben Is Back

(opera music in background)

(retches) - Ben Is Back

- Mom, I know how to, okay- -
- I don't- - - Ben Is Back

- Mom, I know how to, okay- - - I don't- -

(tires screeching) - Ben Is Back

(tires screeching)

He tried to bash in my head,
and he should. - Ben Is Back

He tried to bash in my head, and he should.

If you were him
you'd want me dead for what I did. - Ben Is Back

If you were him you'd want me dead for what I did.

(siren wailing) - Ben Is Back

(siren wailing)

And at that time didn't you think
it was the best thing ever? - Ben Is Back

And at that time didn't you think it was the best thing...

Something that nobody, - Ben Is Back

Something that nobody,

Yes. I will have your soup
of the day, a cup. - Ben Is Back

Yes. I will have your soup of the day, a cup.

Neal: I'm going out of my mind.
Where are you? - Ben Is Back

Neal: I'm going out of my mind. Where are you?

You're making it very hard.
You need to come home. - Ben Is Back

You're making it very hard. You need to come home.

And there's no need for cops
because we've got this, Ben and I. - Ben Is Back

And there's no need for cops because we've got thi...

- Don't we Ben?
- Neal: You got this. - Ben Is Back

- Don't we Ben? - Neal: You got this.

Why don't you take care of our kids - Ben Is Back

Why don't you take care of our kids

Neal: I will do that. - Ben Is Back

Neal: I will do that.

I can think or say about him - Ben Is Back

I can think or say about him

You're here,
and without Neal, you wouldn't be. - Ben Is Back

You're here, and without Neal, you wouldn't be.

And heaven help you, if you're poor, - Ben Is Back

And heaven help you, if you're poor,

He took out a second mortgage
on the house - Ben Is Back

He took out a second mortgage on the house

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A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Peter Hedges

Writer: Peter Hedges

Production: Black Bear Pictures,Color Force,30WEST,Sierra/Affinity

Genre: drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $3,703,184

Released: 05 Dec 2018

Awards: 3 wins & 13 nominations

Homepage: http://benisbackmovie.com

Also watch: Black Tide, Eye for an Eye, What They Had, Sharing Christmas, Liquid Sky, Aloft, Yuli, Violet, Soul to Keep