The Son (2022)

Drama | 123 minutes

3,35 126 votes

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Genre: Drama

Duration: 123 minuten

Country: United Kingdom / France

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby

Releasedate: 10 November 2022

The Son plot

Peter lives a life with his new partner and their baby. That life is turned upside down when his former wife Kate comes knocking at his door with their teenage son Nicholas. She hopes that Peter can help their son regain his zest for life. He hasn't been the same since his parents' divorce.

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mrklm

11374 messages
9897 votes

23 December 2022 at 14:58

The sequel to (but not a sequel to) The Father focuses on Peter [Hugh Jackman], a hard-working, successful businessman who receives a cry for help from his ex-wife Kate shortly after the birth of his second son [Laura Dern]. Their teenage son Nicholas [Zen McGrath] has been out of school for weeks and she can't seem to reason with him. When Nicholas says he thinks he'll be happy living with his dad, Peter can't bring himself to reject his son, no matter how hard it is for Peter's current wife Beth [Vanessa Kirby] and the son she lives with. just gave birth. Peter's struggle with his teenage son also brings back memories of the troubled relationship he had as a teenager with his own father [Anthony Hopkins]. Zeller emphatically telephones how this will turn out and although parents can sometimes stare blindly at the shortcomings of their children, it is difficult to understand the decisions they make. Well acted, but the screenplay (just like The Father based on Zeller's actual play) is not convincing enough.

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Pitagora

134 messages
108 votes

11 January 2023 at 18:36

A nice film with a lot of emotions. Too many emotions in my opinion, a slower film with more depth would have been even better.

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scorsese

13150 messages
11067 votes

14 February 2023 at 19:34

Nice film about a father whose teenage son is quite confused with himself. Not exactly a happy film, but a number of good scenes (mainly due to the good acting). Melodramatic at times and here and there it's all a bit over the top. Just not 3.5 stars.

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