The Good Son (1993)
21 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 5 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 3.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: After his mother dies and his father goes to Japan on a business trip, eight-year-old Mark is sent to live for a few weeks with his cousin Henry and his family. Although Mark is initially happy playing with Henry, he soon begins to suspect that all is not right with the seemingly innocent-looking... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse, Jacqueline Brookes
Director: Joseph Ruben
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Story: Ian McEwan
Producer: Mary Anne Pace, Joseph Ruben
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Story: Ian McEwan
Producer: Mary Anne Pace, Joseph Ruben
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This peculiar thriller doesn't deliver enough jolts to leave the audience screaming.
07/25/07
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There'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.
07/25/07
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The Good Son has a handsome, scenic look that sustains interest, and a suspenseful ending that is quite literally gripping.
05/20/03
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Tacky, sloppy genre exercise about how when screws are loose, even children can be psychotic.
02/06/02
You sit there laughing at Culkin's best comedy ever. If only this movie wasn't supposed to be a horror picture.
01/01/00
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