My Son

Name: My Son
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: May 10, 2019
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Antoine Hamel, Christophe Rossignon, Guillaume Canet, Lino Papa, Marc Robert

2019

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: May 10, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Antoine Hamel, Christophe Rossignon, Guillaume Canet, Lino Papa, Marc Robert, Mélanie Laurent, Mohamed Brikat, Olivier de Benoist, Pierre Langlois, Tristan Pagès

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The film was shot in sequence over a quick six days.

Summary: In the middle of the night, a 7-year-old boy has gone missing. The crisis has drawn the child’s father Julien (Guillaume Canet) back to a small, snowy town in eastern France in an effort to help. Julien travels abroad for work and has been essentially absent from his son’s life since splitting with his wife (Mélanie Laurent) a few yearsIn the middle of the night, a 7-year-old boy has gone missing. The crisis has drawn the child’s father Julien (Guillaume Canet) back to a small, snowy town in eastern France in an effort to help. Julien travels abroad for work and has been essentially absent from his son’s life since splitting with his wife (Mélanie Laurent) a few years earlier. Fueled by his sense of guilt about neglecting his family, Julien is determined to do whatever it takes to find his son. That includes using physical force against anyone he speculates could be a suspect in the kidnapping – and disobeying police instructions by stepping outside of the law, as he begins to unfold the mystery of the boy’s disappearance. [Cohen Media Group]… Expand

Director: Christian Carion

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 84 min

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Gary Goldstein

May 9, 2019

[An] engrossing, propulsive film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

May 10, 2019

My Son finds its cinematic footing in a committed, steady, realism, and that creates a high-wire act of tension and suspense that’s refreshingly clean and consistently effective. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 8, 2019

In its modest, stripped-down way, it’s a worthy cousin to the genre stalwarts, anchored in the unvarnished power of Canet’s performance, and the no-nonsense approach to Christian Carion’s direction. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

May 6, 2019

It’s got a nervously eerie feel to it that’s grounded in Canet’s gripping turn as a dad out to do good for his estranged family. Read full review

Mark Keizer

May 9, 2019

Themes of parental guilt and the effects of broken families on children are hinted at early but discarded in favor of genre pleasures, which Carion provides to increasingly formulaic effect. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

May 7, 2019

The film seeks to elevate genre clichés by slowing down the speed with which they’re typically offered. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 9, 2019

An endorsement of milquetoast vigilantism that’s not nearly as knotty as it presumes to be, the French thriller “My Son” is so reserved in its storytelling and vague in its details that all it elicits is a yawn. Read full review

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