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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Capsule reviews of feature films

BEAUTIFUL BOY. 2 stars. A father's (Steve Carell) life is thrown into turmoil and despair by his son's (Timothee Chalamet) drug addiction. 1 hr. 52 R (profanity) _ Gary Thompson

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. 2.5 stars. Brian Singer directs this tame, cliched biopic on Freddy Mercury and Queen. With Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton and Gwilym Lee. 2 hrs. 15 PG-13 (suggestive material, profanity, drug content) _ Dan DeLuca

BOY ERASED. 3 stars. A gay teen (Lucas Hedges) is outed to his religiously conservative parents (Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman), who give him a life-altering ultimatum. 1 hr. 52 R (profanity) _ Gary Thompson

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? 3.5 stars. Melissa McCarthy stars as a celebrity biographer who hatches a plot to stay relevant. 1 hr. 46 R (profanity, sexual references, drug use) _ Gary Thompson

THE FRONT RUNNER. 3 stars. Hugh Jackman stars at Gary Hart, the former senator and presidential candidate whose career came tumbling down when the media discovered his affair with Donna Rice. 1 hr. 52 R (profanity) _ Gary Thompson

GREEN BOOK. 3.5 stars. A working-class bouncer bonds with an African-American classical pianist while they travel the South together during the early 1960s. 2 hrs. 10 PG-13 (profanity) _ Gary Thompson

INSTANT FAMILY. 2.5 stars. Rose Byrne and Mark Wahlberg star as a married couple who learn both the joys and pain of parenthood when they adopt three siblings. 1 hr. 57 PG-13 (profanity) _ Gary Thompson

MID90S. 2.5 stars. Effective look at how group friendships work in adolescence set among a group of teen skateboarders in 1990s Los Angeles. 1 hr. 24 R (profanity, drug use, sexuality) _ Gary Thompson

WIDOWS. 3 stars. Four Chicago women conspire to change their futures when they are all left in debt due to their late husbands' criminal activities. Viola Davis and Liam Neeson star. 2 hrs. 08 R (violence) _ Gary Thompson

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