Synopsis
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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Cast
- Michael ShannonBrad McCullum
- Willem DafoeDetective Hank Havenhurst
- Chloë SevignyIngrid
- Brad DourifUncle Ted
- Michael PeñaDetective Vargas
- Loretta DevineMiss Roberts
- Udo KierLee Meyers
- Grace ZabriskieMrs. McCullum
- Irma P. HallMrs. Roberts
- Jenn LiuReceptionist
Recommendations
- 100
Time Out
It’s likely that only Herzog would dare to, and succeed at, resolving this singular cinematic object by contemplating the fate of an abandoned basketball. - 75
New York Post
As nutty as you'd expect when two of our most eccentric auteurs join forces. - 70
Village Voice
Everything about this berserk, essentially static procedural is just crazy enough to be true. In any case, Herzog has gone beyond Good and Evil to reinvent himself as a candidate for the wiggiest director of comedy in America today. - 70
NPR
Photographed with bare-bones simplicity by longtime Herzog collaborator Peter Zeitlinger, My Son presents yet another Herzogian hero who views insanity as the only logical response to an insane world. - 67
The A.V. Club
Viewers will have to decide for themselves whether My Son is a terrible, terrible movie or an uncompromising Herzog experiment in reality-bending. Here’s a suggestion: consider the track record. - 60
New York Daily News
If someone else had made "My Son," it would be just another crime thriller based on a true story. But with Werner Herzog behind the camera, it's a head-scratcher from start to finish. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The story is riddled with salutes to executive producer David Lynch and the film seems pointed hopefully in the direction of Lynch's audiences. - 50
The New York Times
While watching Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done you might be tempted to murmur, “My Werner, My Werner, What Have Ye Done.”
