Synopsis
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
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Cast
- Channing TatumJonathan 'Milk' White
- Al PacinoDetective Charles Stanford
- Juliette BinocheLauren Bridges
- Katie HolmesKerry White
- James RansoneOfficer Thomas Prudenti
- Ray LiottaCaptain Marion Mathers
- Tracy MorganVincent Carter (Adult)
- Ursula ParkerCharolette 'Charlie' White
- Brian GilbertYoung Vinnie (Carter)
- Jake CherryJonathan 'Milk' White (Young)
Recommendations
- 63
Slant Magazine
The Son of No One is driven by mood and atmosphere to the extent that the stakes-free story and interest-free characters seem almost incidental, and such is surely the movie's saving grace -- a perverse style that overshadows a severe lack of substance. - 60
Village Voice
Tatum is touching as the stressed, decent provider trying to make something bad from his past not destroy his future. Yet the real surprise is Tracy Morgan, in a small but transformative role as the heavily medicated adult incarnation of Jonathan's childhood friend. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Performances are strong across the board, and the movie offers a solid sense of place. But the mysteries, once explained, don't make a lot of sense. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Here's a bad movie with hardly a bad scene. How can that be? The construction doesn't flow. The story doesn't engage. The insistent flashbacks are distracting. The plot has problems it sidesteps. Yet here is a gifted cast doing what it's asked to do. The failure is in the writing and editing. - 50
Salon
It's kind of fun to watch Pacino and Liotta and Tatum and James Ransone, as Jonathan's foulmouthed partner, as they roar at each other and suck the marrow from the hambone. You can see why actors want to work with Montiel, but actors are notoriously bad judges of whether good scenes will ever add up to a worthwhile movie, which is exactly the problem here. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
The more that secret comes out, the more incoherent (and ludicrous) the film gets. - 42
The A.V. Club
A few individual performances survive - Liotta finds a little of his old edge, and Pacino briefly revisits Serpico territory - but they're smothered in the slow-burning absurdity. - 38
Orlando Sentinel
It's all very messy and entirely too obvious at the same time. Montiel makes the most of his settings, but the story keeps staggering into dead ends.
