The Good Son (1993)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 19
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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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Macaulay Culkin tries for a change of pace playing a schoolyard psychotic in The Good Son. When 12-year-old son Mark (Elijah Wood) is his mother's side as she's dying of cancer, she makes him promise her that she won't die. When she does die, Mark is consumed with grief, as well as guilt that he couldn't keep his promise. Mark's father Jack (David Morse) has to go away for a two week business trip to Tokyo shortly after his wife's death. Thinking that the blustery Maine environment will do him
Sep 24, 1993 Wide
Feb 3, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Macaulay Culkin
Henry Evans -
Elijah Wood
Mark Evans -
Wendy Crewson
Susan Evans -
David Morse
Jack -
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Wallace -
Jacqueline Brookes
Alice Davenport -
Quinn Culkin
Connie Evans -
Bobby Huber
Axe Man -
Ashley Crow
Janice -
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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (19) | DVD (3)
This peculiar thriller doesn't deliver enough jolts to leave the audience screaming.
Top CriticThere's wonderful use made of a Maine port town, and Ruben gets a dizzying thrill or two out of overhead shots, but the conceptual overload finally prevents this from coming together.
A summer camp classic.
The Good Son has a handsome, scenic look that sustains interest, and a suspenseful ending that is quite literally gripping.
Where were the responsible adults when this thing was made?
At best, this film is strictly cable fare.
I guarantee you this would have been 100% more effective if Wood and Culkin switched roles
A second-rate thriller with first-rate production values.
Not a good movie, but a creepy performance by Culkin rescues it.
An unintentionally uproarious melodrama; a must-see for fans of the truly terrible
Almost worth it to see Macauly Culkin's demise. Almost.
Not The Bad Seed but not bad.
Tacky, sloppy genre exercise about how when screws are loose, even children can be psychotic.
Culkin shows that he might be more than a one-trick pony given a little seasoning. It just might be a good idea if his next trick is something original.
Culkin is never really very believable in his role, though Wood does better, lending depth to a sketchily written character.
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- Henry Evans: Don't fuck with me.
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Movie: ID: 13909 Title: The Good Son Release Date: 1993-09-24 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 4 Status: 1
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