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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save...

Directed By: Ivan Kavanagh

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Son

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
54
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save...

Directed By: Ivan Kavanagh

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
54
33% Positive
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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70
Mar 12, 2021
Upholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
By Debopriyaa Dutta FULL REVIEW
69
Jul 6, 2021
Yet in spite of this promising narrative foundation, the film’s gruesome effects and the compelling performance from Blumm, Son seriously suffers from assorted perils of predictability and protractedness.
By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 2, 2021
The plotting is, alas, a little slack in the later stages. There is a sense of flailing around en route to a reasonably satisfactory destination. Son remains, nonetheless, the work of a singular, oddball talent. Seek out.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 9, 2021
Kavanagh and Matichak do a remarkable job of capturing an amped-up version of everyday parental paranoia. This is ultimately a movie about a woman who loves her child so intensely that she becomes irrational — and dangerous.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 4, 2021
Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 4, 2021
Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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50% Positive
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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Production Company Belladonna Productions, Elastic Film, Park Films
Release Date Mar 5, 2021
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Festival de Cinema de Terror de Sabadell
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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