Storyline
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Directors
Writers
Cast
Emile Hirsch, Wanetah Walmsley, Rocco Sisto, Kristine Nielsen, Craig Leydecker, Garrett Kruithof, Matthew Blumm, Adam Stephenson, David Kallaway, Cranston Johnson, Andi Matichak, Britton Webb, Alexander Ward, Adam Henslee, Blaine Maye, Luke David Blumm, J. Robert Spencer, Erin Bradley Dangar, Ethan McDowell, Ben Swilley, Janet L. Burns, Ann Marie Hall, Shirley McClung, Madison Sorrentino, Ashton Faith Dixon, Abbey Rhyne, Jessica Black, Sami Bray, Sarah Fisher
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Reviews
70
Screen Rant
Upholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
60
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.
50
Son never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
