11 Moments From ‘Being Charlie’ That Foreshadow the Reiner Family Tragedy: Knife-Play, Dagger-Glares and Big Blowouts

“Being Charlie” opens on a tight close-up of the title character, played by “Jurassic World” star Nick Robinson, about to blow out the candles on his 18th birthday cake. The lights are darkened, his sober-living mates are singing all around him – and the look of contempt on Charlie’s face is all at once haunted, troubled and burning with hate.

Rob Reiner directed the tiny independent quasi-autobiography in 2015, written by his 22-year-old son Nick and his then brother-in-recovery Matt Elisofon.