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Fictional retelling of the lifestyle and scandals of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden.Fictional retelling of the lifestyle and scandals of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden.Fictional retelling of the lifestyle and scandals of Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden.
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Reviewers say 'My Son Hunter' is a politically charged film examining Hunter Biden's alleged scandals. It delves into political corruption, media influence, and personal struggles. The film's satirical take, use of real events, and blending of fact with fiction are noted. Critics cite low production values, inconsistent acting, and perceived bias, while others praise its satirical approach and controversial topic coverage. Reactions are polarized, with some finding it entertaining and insightful, and others viewing it as propagandistic and poorly executed.
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It makes the hooker the voice of reason, strangely.
It breaks the fourth wall to explain things to the viewer. It's awkward. A good work of art dramatizes, it doesn't lecture. It's like they couldn't decide whether this is a documentary with a narrator or a dramatization.
The pacing is too slow
The main actor is great, I just wish he'd been given a better script and direction.
Feels like a college project, with big text and cartoonish thought bubbles. The style has no continuity.
They made Biden unbelievably lucid.
Dialogue is clunky and at times laughable.
Gina Carano detracted from the movie. Her smugness is just annoying.
It's a waste of time.
It breaks the fourth wall to explain things to the viewer. It's awkward. A good work of art dramatizes, it doesn't lecture. It's like they couldn't decide whether this is a documentary with a narrator or a dramatization.
The pacing is too slow
The main actor is great, I just wish he'd been given a better script and direction.
Feels like a college project, with big text and cartoonish thought bubbles. The style has no continuity.
They made Biden unbelievably lucid.
Dialogue is clunky and at times laughable.
Gina Carano detracted from the movie. Her smugness is just annoying.
It's a waste of time.
This project is absolutely tragic from beginning to end. The cast is a combination of washed up has-beens and actors that never really took off. Laurence Fox, for example, has long been a talentless ham who only got put into movies and shows because his family is some kind of UK acting royalty (a true "nepo baby"). Judging by his twitter feed, it appears he is now moving on to politics, and I'm sure he'll fail just as badly in that as he did in acting. Gina Carano shows once again that it was really only her athletic skills as a MMA fighter that got her movie & television roles - since this isn't an action movie, we are instead subjected to her wooden acting which is even worse than that of "Lozza" Fox. I'll give it 2 stars because it's competently filmed, but when it all comes down to it, it's just a crude attack by people who are angry that their little laptop story didn't have the same effect as "her e-mails". That's all it really is. Best to skip it and spend your time watching better movies.
No matter your political leanings this is just embarrassingly godawful. Incompetent, shabbily-streamed, boring, etc. Etc. Poor Laurence is a pale shell of the actor he was in Inspector Lewis and the rest are clearly in it for the money.
If you're really curious, don't waste your hard-earned money on the actual movie. Rather, spend it instead on a one month $5 buck Patreon subscription to podcast QAnon Anonymous's hysterically funny blow by blow of this atrocity, to be found under the title "Premium Episode 184: My Son Hunter." There's a a good sample on Soundcloud.
You might enjoy their other "movie night" adventures, but this was truly one of their best.
If you're really curious, don't waste your hard-earned money on the actual movie. Rather, spend it instead on a one month $5 buck Patreon subscription to podcast QAnon Anonymous's hysterically funny blow by blow of this atrocity, to be found under the title "Premium Episode 184: My Son Hunter." There's a a good sample on Soundcloud.
You might enjoy their other "movie night" adventures, but this was truly one of their best.
Politics aside this movie is a mess. Like what is it? Is it a documentary? If it is it's too over-laden with "comedy" that undercuts the message it's trying to convey. If it's just supposed to be a movie there's too many sections of just droning exposition for it to be entertaining. It'll do fine in it's echo chamber I noticed most of the positive reviews are from people 45 +, but it's not going to convince anybody else by being as compelling as watching comunity theater production of Frost/Nixon. Also nothing says America first than having the entire film being shot in Serbia and only using foreign labor because it's cheaper.
The most offensive thing about this bad movie is how dull it is. If someone tells you this is a watchable film, it's either a bald-faced lie, sign of traumatic brain injury, a red flag to their conception of taste, or some combination of the three. It is honestly so plain to see that it's like listening to a child say they haven't eaten any cookies, who has chocolate and crumbs all over their mouth. It is incredibly hard to believe anyone's taste is this bad.
You know that thing that's the worst part of any movie, exposition? Well strap in, because the film is almost exclusively that. What isn't is either setting up the next bit of exposition, or title cards serving the same purpose.
Where did the budget go? While there are a few shots that show some kind of talent, it's balanced by things like dirt cheap effects (ie. The thought bubbles when Hunter has a concersation with a dog, the animated heart, etc). The fake news broadcasts shown honestly look like something straight from a Neil Breen film.
The directing decisions are poorly made. To demonstrate the thought and level of detail displayed, one early sequence shows Hunter with a rapidly beating heart, walking through a party where the thing that slows it down is smoking crack. Because cocaine is a downer, right? Later a phone call is made to a reporter who is typing on a typewriter, on his landline (no caller id), by someone he barely knows and says he'll text her later. It's a movie, whatever, but it's very lazy. Lazy enough to punctuate an obvious and lame joke with a boinging sound effect.
This movie thinks you're dumb. And if you're excited to spend $22 on this and rave about it later, it's right.
You know that thing that's the worst part of any movie, exposition? Well strap in, because the film is almost exclusively that. What isn't is either setting up the next bit of exposition, or title cards serving the same purpose.
Where did the budget go? While there are a few shots that show some kind of talent, it's balanced by things like dirt cheap effects (ie. The thought bubbles when Hunter has a concersation with a dog, the animated heart, etc). The fake news broadcasts shown honestly look like something straight from a Neil Breen film.
The directing decisions are poorly made. To demonstrate the thought and level of detail displayed, one early sequence shows Hunter with a rapidly beating heart, walking through a party where the thing that slows it down is smoking crack. Because cocaine is a downer, right? Later a phone call is made to a reporter who is typing on a typewriter, on his landline (no caller id), by someone he barely knows and says he'll text her later. It's a movie, whatever, but it's very lazy. Lazy enough to punctuate an obvious and lame joke with a boinging sound effect.
This movie thinks you're dumb. And if you're excited to spend $22 on this and rave about it later, it's right.
Did you know
- TriviaLaurence Fox's first screen role since 2020 when, after being involved in a string of controversies related to his political views and a later failed run for Mayor of London, he was dropped by his agents at Authentic Talent and ARG.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jesse Watters Primetime: Episode #1.152 (2022)
- SoundtracksSomehow
Performed by Jonathan Kahn (as Jon Kahn)
Written by Jonathan Kahn (as Jon Kahn) and Paul Lindemulder
- How long is My Son Hunter?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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