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The Son
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- 2022
- Florian Zeller
- 123 mins
- 15
Summary
Drama starring Hugh Jackman. Peter Miller, a successful businessman, reluctantly agrees to reconnect with the teenage son from his first marriage, who now suffers from severe depression. Having been estranged from one another, the two struggle to reconcile as Peter is forced, gradually, to reckon with his own shortcomings as a parent.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Emma Simmonds
Writer/director Florian Zeller (The Father) here co-adapts his own play about a father wrestling with his teenage son's mental-health crisis. Hugh Jackman plays middle-aged success story Peter, whose much younger wife Beth (Vanessa Kirby) has recently given birth to a baby boy. Things get ugly when Peter's ex Kate (Laura Dern) informs him that their 17-year-old son Nicholas (Zen McGrath) has stopped going to school and is struggling with depression, leaving Peter with no choice but to take him in. There's credible work from McGrath in the tormented title role but the sidelining and lack of insight into his character can feel frustrating. Jackman captures some of the guilt and self-doubt that lurks behind Peter's fastidiously maintained facade, but is less convincing during the movie's more anguished scenes. An episode in a psychiatric facility that sees Peter and Kate facing an impossible dilemma brings the film's concerns into sharp focus, but much of what unfolds feels stiff and sanitised.
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rolenamePeterHugh JackmanKateLaura DernBethVanessa KirbyNicholasZen McGrathDoctor HarrisHugh QuarshieAnthonyAnthony Hopkins
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rolenameDirectorFlorian Zeller
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Eros STX
Released on
2023-02-17
Languages
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