American Son
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 14, 2019
Any failure to expand into cinema's possibilities is overshadowed by the uniformly strong performances in a four-person cast led by an excellent Kerry Washington. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 25, 2019
American Son never quite lapses into terrible, but as with a play that needs another week of out of town tryouts, it “never gets on its feet,” either. Read full review
40
The New York TimesChris VognarOct 31, 2019
At some point you’re tempted to stop following the narrative and start keeping score between husband and wife. It’s a good debate. It just isn’t much of a movie. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveySep 14, 2019
The overly finished language and theatrical intensity levels that might be potently effective onstage lose any pretense of naturalism under the camera’s unblinking gaze. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 1, 2019
All these “what incredible irony!” moments are designed to…well, I’m not quite sure. The movie’s final line, an appropriation of the dying words of a black man killed by police, is an exploitative and cheap reversal that legitimately addresses precisely nothing. Read full review
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IndieWireTambay ObensonOct 30, 2019
Perhaps writer Demos-Brown and director Kenny Leon hope to tap into our collective consciences, but it’s difficult to be moved by such hackneyed, all-too convenient storytelling and overwrought sentimentality. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 14, 2019
It’s a deafening misfire, like the most unbearable, unwatchable daytime TV soap filled with the most awful self-conscious hamminess, parodic emoting and pointless shouting-at-each-other acting. Read full review
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