Sonny

Name: Sonny
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: December 27, 2002
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 31
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, James Franco, Mena Suvari

2002

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: December 27, 2002 | R

Starring: Brenda Blethyn, James Franco, Mena Suvari

Summary: The story of a young man, Sonny (Franco), living in New Orleans and trained to follow the family tradition as a paid male prostitute for wealthy women.

Director: Nicolas Cage

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Lisa Nesselson

Besides "Midnight Cowboy" and "American Gigolo," there aren't many mainstream movies centered on straight male prostitutes. Sonny is a worthy, if indie-style, addition to the list. Read full review

Mike Clark

While compellingly watchable, it's as overheated as Cage-the-actor's 1991 soft-core (and direct-to-video) "Zandalee," also set in New Orleans. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

The day-to-day realities, especially economic, of Sonny and Jewel's lives could have been more fully detailed to good effect, and Cage might have also have risked setting off the tenderness of his storytelling with an edgier style. Even so, few films take the viewer by surprise with such emotional impact as Sonny. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

It's just plain lurid when it isn't downright silly, and that "drunk cam," a blurred, cockeyed lens through which Sonny's soused point-of-view is shown, is just a terrible idea. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Emotionally incoherent. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Shows what can happen when a bunch of good actors get together without adult supervision. They emote all over the place, banging into each other, talking too loud, knocking over furniture, wallowing in clichés and otherwise behaving like rank amateurs. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Preposterous and tedious, Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that, unfortunately, occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure. Read full review

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DouglasR.

Oct 4, 2005

Extremely well done and one of the year's best films!

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slock

Oct 29, 2011

acting is very good, Franco especially. at times the performances are over-wrought but Franco delivers consistently, extending an almost Dean like vulnerability beneath the strength & self-protection. I found the plot & mood of the film much better than those posted critic reviews wouldacting is very good, Franco especially. at times the performances are over-wrought but Franco delivers consistently, extending an almost Dean like vulnerability beneath the strength & self-protection. I found the plot & mood of the film much better than those posted critic reviews would lead you to believe; while some of the story may be predictable it is a compelling & believable portrayal of personal struggle(s) both internally and between the characters. really liked the film, in large part based on Franco's character & performance.… Expand

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