The Son

A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Father Peter has his hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth upended when his ex-wife Kate appears with their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth’s new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

123 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Credits

Cast	Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Anthony Hopkins, Gretchen Egolf, Zen McGrath
Director	Florian Zeller
Screenplay	Christopher Hamptonfrom the play and screenplay by Florian Zeller
Music	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Ben Smithard
Editing	Yorgos Lamprinos
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2022
Produced by	See-Saw Films, Ciné@, Embankment Films, Film4, Ingenious Media, Neddy Dean Productions, Orange Studio

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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving suicide, and strong language.
Runtime	123
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Mental health theme, Suicide, Self-harm
Runtime	123
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 40 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 137 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Despite reliably solid work from Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman, The Son remains mired in off-puttingly aggressive melodrama.	6
CommonSenseMedia Stefan Pape Moving drama about mental illness has themes around suicide.	10
What the People say
Rottentomatoes users 50+ users	12
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	14
IMDB 1650 Netizens	12
Average .. 52%	10