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  • Drama

THE SON

  • 2023
  • 2 HR, 4 min
  • JAN 20 → FEB 2, 2023
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Released January 20, 2023, United Kingdom, France
Drama
2 hours, 4 minutes
Sony Pictures Classics
None
Starring
  • Hugh Jackman
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Laura Dern
  • Zen McGrath
  • Anthony Hopkins
Director

Florian Zeller

Film Information

A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas (Zen McGrath), who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his own father (Anthony Hopkins) to have taken care of him while juggling his and Beth’s new son, and at work an offer of a dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto Nicholas in the present.

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Full Cast
Hugh Jackman
Vanessa Kirby
Laura Dern
Zen McGrath
Anthony Hopkins
Additional Credits
Florian Zeller Director
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Reviews

“The Son is a bold, harrowing and unflinchingly sobering film that is admittedly not for every taste, but an unavoidably intelligent piece of filmmaking for mature viewers that I highly recommend.”

Rex Reed
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“All by himself, Hugh Jackman imbues The Son with a tragic power that makes even Florian Zeller’s most manipulative excesses easier to tolerate.”

Kenji Fujishima
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“In watching The Son play out, this family’s tragedy becomes our own, and Zeller’s warning becomes impossible to ignore.”

Peter Dubruge
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