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The Good Son

1993
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 27m
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin whose the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior. (imdb)
Directed by:
Joseph Ruben
Written by:
Ian McEwan
Starring:
Wendy Crewson Wendy Crewson Elijah Wood Elijah Wood David Morse David Morse Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Culkin Daniel Hugh Kelly Jacqueline Brookes
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Genres:
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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The Good Son

1993
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 27m
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paxtonPaxton
Rated 11 Aug 2012
46
16th
Wildly unrealistic in that I would have tossed him off a cliff fifteen minutes into it.
Rated 11 Aug 2012
spookymaskSpookyMask
Rated 17 Dec 2008
65
46th
Never have children and if you do never have Macaulay Culkin.
Rated 17 Dec 2008
beedubBeeDub
Rated 09 Nov 2017
75
30th
This movie is the perfect example of what Roger Ebert called the Idiot Plot, one where everything would be resolved in about 10 minutes if all the characters weren't idiots. But hey, we get to see Macaulay Culkin fall off a cliff, so there's that.
Rated 09 Nov 2017
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 25 Dec 2018
60
34th
Macaulay Cuckin’ . I was fascinated with trying to piece together why Kit Culkin had a total diva shit fit to get his son into this bizarre movie and then at the end Macaulay is dropped off a cliff to his death and everything was clear.
Rated 25 Dec 2018
jasongirl67Jasongirl67
Rated 09 Sep 2020
75
69th
Not a perfect movie by any means But I think it's one of the best " Evil Child" films I've seen Great performances from Culkin and Wood
Rated 09 Sep 2020
lucluc
Rated 14 Nov 2008
70
70th
It's better to say "The bad son". Great suspense at the end and I think good acting of the children
Rated 14 Nov 2008
recklessmessrecklessmess
Rated 12 Feb 2008
34
18th
The only redeeming quality of this movie is that you get to see Mcaulay Culkin die.
Rated 12 Feb 2008
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 10 Oct 2010
55
19th
Interesting documentary about Culkin's childhood.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 06 Jul 2007
1
7th
Ahaha. You should see this movie just to hear Macaulay Culkin say "Don't fuck with me" to a young Elijah Wood who looks about to piss his pants. Also to see him shoot a dog with a crossbow. And cause a 20-car pileup by throwing a dummy off a bridge. In fact, pretty much every evil thing Culkin does is hilarious. At one point it's revealed that he almost certainly intentionally drowned a baby.
Rated 06 Jul 2007
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
26th
If you're going to waste a piece of your life watching a Macaulay Culkin film, it might as well be one where he plays a psycho killer.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
maddogmaddog
Rated 24 Aug 2021
66
27th
I'm torn on this one. It's poorly constructed because people should not be this stupid. But damn- if Macaulay Culkin can't play an evil kid.
Rated 24 Aug 2021
imnotlaughinimnotlaughin
Rated 02 May 2013
10
3rd
The script is so amazingly horrible that it seems almost unfathomable that the movie could be made even worse by such terrible acting, but that's the truth of it. I was pleading - begging even - for this movie to be turned off. Ian McEwan, Elijah Wood, and Macaulay Culkin should all be hanged for the suffering they've caused. Crimes against humanity this severe shouldn't be dealt with lightly.
Rated 02 May 2013
tripleshTripleSH
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
53rd
Macauley Culkin really showed his range here, so it's a shame he went a little batshit crazy due to his parents screwing him up so badly.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 03 Feb 2008
40
11th
Really stupid movie, Culkin is awkwardly bad- so is the story. Elijah Wood actually does pretty good though.
Rated 03 Feb 2008
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 11 Dec 2009
40
28th
The title turned out to be misleading :(
Rated 11 Dec 2009
theficionadotheficionado
Rated 10 Jul 2007
13
10th
Ian McEwan? Are you serious? Are you actually fucking serious?
Rated 10 Jul 2007
ytadelYtadel
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
Totally worth watching just once to see young Macaulay Culkin play a slasher.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
cinemaasiaCinema_Asia
Rated 13 Mar 2010
60
30th
You really can't take this film seriously but it is so solemn in its presentation and Culkin does his best to be the evil kid that it's unintentionally funny as hell.
Rated 13 Mar 2010
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 03 May 2008
3
28th
Hilarious.
Rated 03 May 2008
somnivoresomnivore
Rated 05 Nov 2008
75
25th
Scary. Particularly Culkin's believable performance.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 27 Jun 2008
66
70th
good movie
Rated 27 Jun 2008
xaninofxaninof
Rated 13 May 2007
72
46th
maybe it does not deserve 72 but it is one of my childhood memories.
Rated 13 May 2007
iconogassediconogassed
Rated 09 Oct 2021
45
21st
Ruben, hack director of '70s sexploitation, had a rather smooth transition to domestic thrillers. THE STEPFATHER perhaps inaugurated the profitable cycle that followed and remains one of the most memorable and effective (thank O'Quinn) but his every effort after was junkier than the last. And by design! Here he hired another hack behind McEwan's back to sand down all the pesky interesting edges. Criticisms of Culkin belong to the character's absurd construction. Wood really was a prodigy, though
Rated 09 Oct 2021
retina_scanretina-scan
Rated 24 Jul 2008
79
83rd
My first rated R movie! I was like 8 or 9, and rented it at my local library. "that's kevin from home alone!" I said. Liked it ever since I saw it.
Rated 24 Jul 2008
danozudanozu
Rated 08 Nov 2009
40
21st
Weak!
Rated 08 Nov 2009
tsvetetsvete
Rated 02 Apr 2011
81
18th
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Rated 02 Apr 2011
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 04 Jun 2009
76
35th
Bravo to Culkin for taking this role. It is cute and frightening...but not something that deserves a re-watch. You get the point early on what the movie is going to be about and they should have taken advantage of Culkin and had him do some really really creepy things.
Rated 04 Jun 2009
lifeandalllifeandall
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
58th
Is this the same kid from Home Alone? Culkin plays an excellent creepy kid.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
panzerwolfpanzerwolf
Rated 10 Jan 2023
59
29th
This movie feels kind of confusing, like it's trying to tell a different story than it's actually showing. There are some interesting elements here, because yes, it is always very creepy when kids are evil. It's just that Culkin plays a very stereotypic, 'just evil', type of a character and you're just kind of left waiting for the movie to shed some more light into his story. Weird 90's comedy soundtrack. Mediocre, but entertaining.
Rated 10 Jan 2023
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 22 Apr 2010
65
52nd
Creepy evil Culkin
Rated 22 Apr 2010
getshort78getshort78
Rated 08 Dec 2011
94
16th
In Arizona, 12-year-old Mark Evans (Elijah Wood) is playing a soccer game, until his father Jack (David Morse) appears and takes him to the hospital to visit his dying mother, Janice. After her death, Jack tries to console his son, but to no avail as Mark maintains the belief that his mother will return. Having been assigned for a business trip to Tokyo, Japan, Jack takes Mark to stay with his uncle Wallace (Daniel Hugh Kelly) and aunt Susan (Wendy Crewson). Upon reaching the Evans' house in Mai
Rated 08 Dec 2011
msindpndntMsIndpndnt
Rated 23 Jan 2009
50
25th
ehh
Rated 23 Jan 2009
murravenerMurravener
Rated 08 Jan 2010
75
40th
The concept behind the film is chilling and it is certainly an entertaining watch but if you want to see the tale at it's best check out The Orphan
Rated 08 Jan 2010
braddad68braddad68
Rated 30 May 2012
88
36th
A guilty pleasure of mine.
Rated 30 May 2012
ruloaasruloaas
Rated 30 Jun 2008
30
22nd
Total shit, Kevin was no match for Frodo? Total bullshit!
Rated 30 Jun 2008
hankhank
Rated 10 Nov 2008
80
66th
Creepy movie to go along with that creepy Culkin kid. Pretty good, but really makes you cringe.
Rated 10 Nov 2008
countlemonCountLemon
Rated 13 Jul 2016
70
78th
The good son was pretty good...son. Eh? EH?
Rated 13 Jul 2016
vengefulkbmVengefulKBM
Rated 12 Oct 2017
35
11th
I kept asking myself questions like, "Why was this movie made?", "Who would possibly act like this?", "What parents would be this negligent?", and "Is this secretly a comedy?" It's a mess, but it's possible to get some unintentional laughs out of it, at least.
Rated 12 Oct 2017
miss_jesusmiss jesus
Rated 25 Apr 2008
70
67th
Effective thriller. I totally buy Culkin as evil, and Elijah Wood just makes the same face he did in most of Fellowship of the Ring, so that works.
Rated 25 Apr 2008
stflyst_fly
Rated 26 Aug 2007
2
8th
crap
Rated 26 Aug 2007
adrianavbadrianavb
Rated 30 Oct 2009
38
27th
This is quiet amusing!
Rated 30 Oct 2009
sheepslashersheepslasher
Rated 10 Aug 2015
1
11th
God is dead and Macaulay Culkin probably killed him.
Rated 10 Aug 2015
iyisinekiyisinek
Rated 15 Sep 2014
75
67th
annesini kaybeden çocuk, misafir, arkadas, kuzen, kötülük, hayvan öldürmek (köpek), otoyola kukla atmak, ölmüs kardes (richard), kötü çocuk, psikopat çocuk, kimseyi kendine inandiramamak, ikilem (finalde; anne iki çocuktan birini birakmak zorunda kaliyor. Gone baby gone, suphe) (Annesini kaybeden Mark, babsinin Tokyo'ya bir is gezisine gitmesinden sonra amcasina konuk olur. Kuzeni Henry ile arkadaslik yapar. Henry ile basta iyi giden arkadasligi Henry'nin kötülüge ilgisini kesfetmesiyle degisir)
Rated 15 Sep 2014
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 19 Jan 2009
65
51st
Macauley Culkin isn't so damn cute anymore and a good thing too. he's actually pretty good in this
Rated 19 Jan 2009
redfalconRed_Falcon_
Rated 15 Feb 2011
72
57th
A sinister and creepy thriller haunted by the specter of death.The acting by both Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin are good and really gives this film it's center.The pacing ratchets up the tension slowly but consistently as we see Henry's psychosis explored.The music and cinematography add to this film without distracting from the film's focus on the kid's relationship.
Rated 15 Feb 2011
badfish138badfish138
Rated 22 Mar 2018
75
31st
Any movie where an 8yr old is the villian sign me up
Rated 22 Mar 2018
hakan_gulHakan Gül
Rated 03 Mar 2022
81
65th
Anne kaybı... Kötülüğün ve öldürmenin verdiği haz... Seçimler ve sonuçlar...
Rated 03 Mar 2022
parexus2Parexus2
Rated 06 Apr 2014
74
40th
First rating: 78 Second rating: 74
Rated 06 Apr 2014
bitch_alertBitch Alert
Rated 07 May 2010
40
25th
Surprisingly entertaining in all it's campiness.
Rated 07 May 2010
mandymandy
Rated 12 May 2010
5
18th
Has the look and feel of a late afternoon channel 5 movie except for the subject matter- Can a child be evil - which probably merits a better exploration than this.
Rated 12 May 2010
saucyjacksaucyjack
Rated 19 Dec 2007
32
10th
hilarious
Rated 19 Dec 2007
sawesawe
Rated 29 Jul 2021
50
9th
Not worth the time.
Rated 29 Jul 2021
guy_piranhaguy piranha
Rated 01 Feb 2018
35
9th
"Consider this mom: this elijah guy here will probably never get another role in his life. Whereas i already signed contracts for home alone three and fouAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa"
Rated 01 Feb 2018
auritechauritech
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
13th
Elijah Wood is good. Macaulay Culkin is not. A movie best forgotten to the sands of time, and one that helped Culkin's career burnout (watch his E! True Hollywood Story for proof).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
spoonerspotspoonerspot
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
8th
I'd let the bastard fall too.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
woozybWoozyB
Rated 03 Feb 2013
65
22nd
I'm the same age as these guys. Never wanted to see it when it came out, and even now, hey, it's just Mac acting creepy and Eli acting wide-eyed and he shoots that dog and oh man. At least the cliff scene was worth it!
Rated 03 Feb 2013
aceysaid10AceySaid10%
Rated 10 Nov 2014
70
10th
"Hey Mark!" "Yeah?" "Don't fuck with me" lol. This movie didn't age well. Pretty dull.
Rated 10 Nov 2014
jbynjbyn
Rated 04 Oct 2018
69
38th
Roger Ebert gave this film a half star and writes, "One of the reasons the movie feels so unwholesome is that Macaulay seems too young and innocent to play a character this malevolent." I wonder if Ebert had ever seen the house of horrors created by Kevin McCallister in Home Alone 2.
Rated 04 Oct 2018
wezzoWezzo
Rated 07 Jan 2015
79
47th
I can't decide whether I saw this as straight-up drama, or camp melodrama. But either way, I dug it. McEwan's script is solid stuff - he's probably better at novels than screenplays, it seems, but his work does the job here. Direction is competent, the performances are good.. and I really like the climactic, final ten minutes (which comprise an entire 50% of the Wikipedia plot synopsis!)
Rated 07 Jan 2015
veseyVesey
Rated 02 Mar 2008
62
26th
It just didn't work
Rated 02 Mar 2008
dustydDustyd
Rated 16 Sep 2007
40
11th
pretty hokey
Rated 16 Sep 2007
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 08 Oct 2007
70
61st
Until that was nice view Macauly Culkin being a psychopath with the future Frodo.
Rated 08 Oct 2007
amadeusAmadeus
Rated 27 Nov 2012
72
63rd
great finale at the cliff.
Rated 27 Nov 2012

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