Ben Is Back (2018)
Holly Burns returns home from church on Christmas Eve to find her son Ben standing in the driveway; he has been in rehab for prescription drug addiction for the last few months, and says his sponsor said a trip home would be good for him. Holly is happy to see him but is also wary, as she does not want his instability to impact her other children. She agrees to let him stay for 24 hours on the condition that he does not leave her sight. While holiday shopping at the mall, Holly runs into Ben’s former doctor, now an old man with dementia. Holly scolds him for getting her son hooked on painkillers following a snowboarding accident when Ben was younger. Ben sees his childhood friend, Spencer, who also became a drug addict.
He then tells Holly he needs to go to a support group meeting, where he later shares the story of how he almost overdosed, but was saved by his mom and their family dog, Ponce. Holly finds drugs on Ben and he claims a girl at the meeting gave them to him. Furious, Holly takes Ben to the cemetery and asks him where he would like to be buried. That evening, the family return home from church to find that someone has broken into their home and taken Ponce. Realizing it has something to do with him, Ben leaves the house to find Ponce. Holly follows in her car; she finds Ben in a nearby neighborhood who blames himself for someone attempting to hurt his family. They search for Ponce together to no avail.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
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Julia Roberts
Lucas Hedges
Courtney B. Vance
Kathryn NewtonHolly Burns returns home from church on Christmas Eve to find her son Ben standing in the driveway; he has been in rehab for prescription drug addiction for the last few months, and says his sponsor said a trip home would be good for him. Holly is happy to see him but is also wary, as she does not want his instability to impact her other children. She agrees to let him stay for 24 hours on the condition that he does not leave her sight. While holiday shopping at the mall, Holly runs into Ben’s former doctor, now an old man with dementia. Holly scolds him for getting her son hooked on painkillers following a snowboarding accident when Ben was younger. Ben sees his childhood friend, Spencer, who also became a drug addict.
He then tells Holly he needs to go to a support group meeting, where he later shares the story of how he almost overdosed, but was saved by his mom and their family dog, Ponce. Holly finds drugs on Ben and he claims a girl at the meeting gave them to him. Furious, Holly takes Ben to the cemetery and asks him where he would like to be buried. That evening, the family return home from church to find that someone has broken into their home and taken Ponce. Realizing it has something to do with him, Ben leaves the house to find Ponce. Holly follows in her car; she finds Ben in a nearby neighborhood who blames himself for someone attempting to hurt his family. They search for Ponce together to no avail.
