Screen Rant by Debopriyaa Dutta
Upholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
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Ireland, United States, United Kingdom · 2021
1h 38m
Director Ivan Kavanagh
Starring Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson
Genre Horror, Thriller
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After a strange group breaks into Laura's home and attempts to steal her young son David, David falls mysteriously and violently ill. Laura's instincts are to do everything in her power to save David. However, the price to keep David alive soon becomes just as unspeakable and horrifying as his illness.
Screen Rant by Debopriyaa Dutta
Upholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
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.
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