Don't Call Me Son

Name: Don't Call Me Son
Genre: Drama
Released: November 2, 2016
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 77

2016

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: November 2, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Tall, dark, androgynously handsome, Pierre wears eyeliner and a black lace g-string, while having sex with both boys and girls. The confusion only goes deeper when the teenager’s single, working-class mom is arrested for having stolen him (and his “sister”) at birth. Thanks to the wonders of DNA, he’s returned to his biological parents:Tall, dark, androgynously handsome, Pierre wears eyeliner and a black lace g-string, while having sex with both boys and girls. The confusion only goes deeper when the teenager’s single, working-class mom is arrested for having stolen him (and his “sister”) at birth. Thanks to the wonders of DNA, he’s returned to his biological parents: bourgeois, straight-laced and thrilled to have him back...at least until he joins them at a bowling alley in a zebra-print mini dress.… Expand

Director: Anna Muylaert

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Nov 2, 2016

The director has said that the “classical” (her word) style of the earlier film, with its elegant, distanced compositions and paucity of camera movement, is typical of her work; the ragged, edgy, mostly handheld approach of Don’t Call Me Son (flawlessly executed by cinematographer Barbara Alvarez) is a departure. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Nov 2, 2016

The narrowness of its perspective and its relatively brief 82-minute length disappoint. Yet Don’t Call Me Son still manages to be a fascinating, sympathetic portrait of a lost boy abruptly thrown to the wolves. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Nov 3, 2016

Muylaert handles an atmosphere charged with intensely conflicting expectations with a light touch, and sparks of humour. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Nov 3, 2016

Working with a terrific cast — first-timer Nero is a real discovery — Muylaert makes all the traumatic twists in the story feel both natural and almost casual at times, as if we’re watching everyday people whose lives have suddenly been transformed into a telenovela plot. Read full review

Robert Abele

Nov 10, 2016

Don’t Call Me Son, although built on conflicts that have fractured many a family, thankfully never veers into melodrama. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Nov 3, 2016

A hazy drift through vast subjects — the fluidity of adolescence and the fragility of family — Anna Muylaert's Don't Call Me Son works best when it goes small. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Oct 28, 2016

Writer-director Anna Muylaert writes themes into excellent, controlled first acts that turn capricious by the third. Read full review

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