Last week's release of The Most Beautiful Boy in the World has been met with enthusiastic reactions by critics and audiences alike. Check out some of our favourite comments and watch it in cinemas and on demand now.
I finished The Most Beautiful Boy In The World and had a little cry. It’s such a devastatingly sad documentary, following the tragic life of child-actor, Björn Andrésen.
— 📚Steven Butler📚 (@sbutlerbooks) August 3, 2021
So worth a watch 😭😢😭#TheMostBeautifulBoyInTheWorld pic.twitter.com/oSMllO1JzX
Björn Andrésen was thrust into the limelight at the age of 16 with the release of Death in Venice and was subsequently dubbed by Luchino Visconti ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’. This sensitive documentary explores the highs and lows of fame so young https://t.co/vq9F8qtWYp pic.twitter.com/nUVq3PLlew
— Nick Spence (@Nickfromupnorth) August 2, 2021
Really wasn’t a fan of Death in Venice (1971) but booked my tickets for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021) for tonight as it’s been one of my most anticipated films of the year! 🔥
— Amos (1985) Dir. Michael Tuchner (@lambmoose) August 2, 2021
Today I Watched The Most Beautiful Boy in the world. An unsettling exploration on the complicated life of Björn Andrésen, plucked from obscurity by Luchino Visconti aged 15 to star in his masterpiece Death in Venice.
— JohnPaul (@JPJaval) August 1, 2021
A story of a man imprisoned by his youth. pic.twitter.com/lKermLR1NO
Unlike OLD's, the DEATH IN VENICE beach took its sweet time. The doc about Björn Andrésen, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD, is shattering on the exploitation of child stars and the freefall after fame; probably the best thing out right now. 🙏🏻@Dogwoof @Clawrancefilm pic.twitter.com/6oD53Io6iE
— Tim Robey (@trim_obey) July 31, 2021
Watched The Most Beautiful Boy In The World last night and can't stop thinking about it. What an incredibly sad story, but what a fascinating man Björn Andrésen is. Out now in cinemas and on Prime: you don't have to know Death In Venice well to watch it, either. pic.twitter.com/E3ekgyrFpT
— Jayne Nelson 🦖 (@kakapojayne) July 31, 2021
Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri’s poignant and thoughtful documentary, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, is released in the UK today. Spoke to them for this @BFI piece, which I hope you enjoy. https://t.co/6KmFKoaLCL
— Lou Thomas (@London_Lou) July 30, 2021
Fifty years ago today, Death in Venice came out and irreparably changed Björn Andrésen’s life and career. Delighted to have had the chance to reflect on the dark ripples of Visconti’s classic and the fantastic The Most Beautiful Boy in the World for @LWLies. https://t.co/Fd1FwxgECO
— Rafa Sales Ross (@rafiews) March 1, 2021
Doc The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, about the Swedish lad in Visconti's Death in Venice, has fascinating themes: mental health, filming ethics, auteur arrogance, family secrets.
— mark cousins (@markcousinsfilm) July 30, 2021
One extra issue, I think, is how beauty/visual culture are seen in Italy versus Sweden. pic.twitter.com/hUmtfXQezz
Dogwoof's 'The Most Beautiful Boy In The World' is a beautifully tragic story. My thoughts... @1RoomWithAView https://t.co/kOlQWeerFM
— Daniel Theophanous (@danny_theo_) July 31, 2021
In 1970, filmmaker Luchino Visconti travelled throughout Europe looking for the perfect boy to personify absolute beauty in his adaptation for the screen of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice. In Stockholm, he discovered Björn Andrésen, a shy 15-year-old teenager whom he brought to international fame overnight and led to spend a short but intense part of his turbulent youth between the Lido in Venice, London, the Cannes Film Festival and the so distant Japan. Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, Björn takes us on a remarkable journey made of personal memories, cinema history, stardust and tragic events in what could be Bjorn’s last attempt for him to finally get his life back on track.