Son

    Son
    2021

    Synopsis

    When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.

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    Cast

    • Andi MatichakLaura
    • Emile HirschPaul
    • Luke David BlummDavid
    • Cranston JohnsonSteve
    • Blaine MayeJimmy Naegle
    • J. Robert SpencerDr. Bauhn
    • Rocco SistoDr. Bradlee
    • Kristine NielsenMrs. Naegle
    • Erin Bradley DangarSusan
    • Adam StephensonFather

    Recommendations

    • 70

      Screen Rant

      Upholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
    • 69

      Paste Magazine

      Yet in spite of this promising narrative foundation, the film’s gruesome effects and the compelling performance from Blumm, Son seriously suffers from assorted perils of predictability and protractedness.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Kavanagh and Matichak do a remarkable job of capturing an amped-up version of everyday parental paranoia. This is ultimately a movie about a woman who loves her child so intensely that she becomes irrational — and dangerous.
    • 60

      The Irish Times

      The plotting is, alas, a little slack in the later stages. There is a sense of flailing around en route to a reasonably satisfactory destination. Son remains, nonetheless, the work of a singular, oddball talent. Seek out.
    • 50

      Variety

      Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
    • 50

      Variety

      Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.