When he first arrives at his court-ordered rehab, Otis is resistant and skeptical of the treatment plan created for him. While his dad chaperoned him on film sets, helped him develop his acting skills and taught him how to juggle, he also gave Otis his first cigarette at 12 years old, spoke poorly about Otis’ mom and physically assaulted Otis’ mentor, Tom, from the Big Brother program.Īs more and more of Otis’ story unfolds, his PTSD triggers become quite apparent, and he starts searching for a way to overcome them. However, the young man’s relationship with his dad, a former rodeo clown and felon, was anything but healthy. Flashing back to his youth, we see that Otis spent a fair amount of time on film sets, performing stunts and cracking jokes-certainly nothing that could obviously be classified as “traumatic.” Honey Boy tells the story of Otis, a now-grown former child actor who’s sent to rehab after one too many drunken encounters with the police. Early exposure to fame has caused many child stars to go off the rails as they transition from adolescence into adulthood.
