The Good Son

Name: The Good Son
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: September 24, 1993
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Ashley Crow, Daniel Hugh Kelly, David Morse, Elijah Wood, Guy Strauss

1993

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: September 24, 1993 | R

Starring: Ashley Crow, Daniel Hugh Kelly, David Morse, Elijah Wood, Guy Strauss, Jacqueline Brookes, Keith Brava, Macaulay Culkin, Quinn Culkin, Wendy Crewson

Summary: A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and befriends his cousin, a boy of the same age who begins showing increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.

Director: Joseph Ruben

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 87 min

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Ty Burr

The Good Son delivers its knuckle-gnawing set pieces with a skill that makes other thrillers look logy. Read full review

Robert Faires

An above-average “killer kid from hell” picture. Not The Bad Seed but not bad. Read full review

Janet Maslin

The Good Son has a handsome, scenic look that sustains interest, and a suspenseful ending that is quite literally gripping. The film's final scene is one of its few suspenseful and original moments. Read full review

Bill Cosford

The presence of Culkin in the cast should not deceive parents: This isn't a kids' movie. It's just not much of a grownups' movie, either. [24 Sep 1993, p.G5]

Hal Hinson

The mere presence of the adorable baby star, in fact, seems to throw the whole film out of whack, making the picture play more like an inadvertent comedy than a thriller. Read full review

Empire Jeff Dawson

This thriller can't decide if it's a childrens thriller meant for adults or an adult thriller meant for kids, but ends up entertaining no-one. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie is a creepy, unpleasant experience, made all the worse because it stars children too young to understand the horrible things we see them doing. Read full review

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meydianarizki21

Mar 31, 2021

Darkest movies ever.

This was the darkest movie I've seen in my lifetime, I mean by darkest that the whole script of McCaulay Culkin playing role Henry were really scary and heartbeating the whole time. The fact that the story could be true is devastating. Still this movie is a one of aDarkest movies ever.

This was the darkest movie I've seen in my lifetime, I mean by darkest that the whole script of McCaulay Culkin playing role Henry were really scary and heartbeating the whole time. The fact that the story could be true is devastating. Still this movie is a one of a kind and one of the bests I recall seeing. 2 boys in this movie did make their lifetime best roles. And at the end, I'd make the same decision.… Expand

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Feb 2, 2023

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MovieloverDora

Apr 9, 2021

The movie was thrilling but quite unpleasant, where a kid age 12 is so smart that nobody even suspects anything.. and he is sick beyond saving..

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Dunkaccino

Sep 17, 2022

Not only disturbing, but morally incorrect. I can't stand a movie where the source of suspense doesn't come from what the characters were doing, but at what age the characters are.

0 of 5 users found this helpful05

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