This overlooked drama by Nic Cage packs an emotional wallop.
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02/20/06
Sonny (2002)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:6
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.2/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 27, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Nicholas Cage's directorial debut SONNY is the story of a young man (James Franco) who returns to the life he left behind in New Orleans after a brief stint in the Army. That life, provided by his... [More]
Starring: James Franco, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Nicolas Cage
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Reviews for Sonny
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10/21/05
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08/29/05
Back to the housewives with ya, and now that Cage has the vanity project out of his system, he can go back to making more movies with Spike Jonze.
03/07/04
Too defensive and earnest about its topic to be either fun or illuminating.
09/17/03
Sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing, teeth-gnashing actorliness.
01/06/03
It's just plain lurid when it isn't downright silly.
12/27/02
Actors generally make good actor's directors, but Sonny is a mixed bag in that department.
12/27/02
Top CriticEnchanted with low-life tragedy and liberally seasoned with emotional outbursts ... What is sorely missing, however, is the edge of wild, lunatic invention that we associate with Cage's best acting.
12/27/02
There's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie, about a young man’s battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present.
12/27/02
Keep your day job, Nicolas Cage. This shockingly inept directorial debut reveals the brooding actor to be a hackneyed helmer.
12/27/02
Author John Carlen has abstrusely captured that struggle of one man simply trying to be human in nonhuman, vile, circumstances.
12/27/02
An instant candidate for worst movie of the year.
12/27/02
Top CriticNicolas Cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray, and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career.
12/27/02
Earnest and tentative even when it aims to shock.
12/26/02
Top CriticFranco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler, but he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic.
12/26/02
It is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental, and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients.
12/26/02
Top CriticPreposterous and tedious, Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that, unfortunately, occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure.
12/25/02
Amid the cliché and foreshadowing, Cage manages a degree of casual realism ... that is routinely dynamited by Blethyn.
12/25/02
Top CriticJohn Carlen’s script is full of unhappy, two-dimensional characters who are anything but compelling.
12/24/02
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