The Good Son | | Cast : | Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood | | Director : | Joseph Ruben | | Studio : | Buena Vista Home Video | | Format : | Color, Widescreen | | Released Date : | September 24, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 12, 2005 | | Summary | THE GOOD MOVIE! | Content
 | This movie was great! Macaulay convinced me, that he really was
a phsycho! How did they make the cliff scene look so real? That
was great! The only person I didn't like in this movie, was the
woman who played Macaulays mother. She over acted, and her huge
ears got on my nerves! Besides that, this is a great movie! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 02, 2005 | | Summary | "Hey Mark, Don't f*** with me!" | Content
| This is Culkin's best movie. It is really suspenseful.It stars Culkin and Elijah Wood.
In this movie, Mark (Wood) Is a young boy whose mother dies. He then is taken to see his long-suffering Cousin, Henry (Culkin) while his father is going to Tokyo for a buisness (Please excuse my spelling) trip. One day, Mark discovers that his cousin, Henry, Is not what he seems to be...Now Mark must stop Henry before he commits murder!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 25, 2005 | | Summary | eye opener for the closed minded | Content
| everyone who plays in this movie is amazing
Culkin makes a wicked evil son
Elijah Wood is amazing in his role
the ending is quite interesting
it helps you understand the beginning shot shot
the movie is scary as to how far Henry takes his lunacy with him and blames his cousin for alot of the things he does
one screwed up kid that only his cousin sees. some funny scenes too at times. Macauley is good at doing different roles. he's the perfect bad guy for this movie. it wouldn't of been as shocking had Elijah been the bad son. i mean that seriously. glad I bought this on dvd. worth the watch time and time again
this movie also goes to prove that sometimes the cute adorable kids you love aren't really so innocent after all. so remember that parents. keep that in mind and you'll be fine. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 11, 2005 | | Summary | there's something cool about this movie | Content
| Macaulay Culkin does such a wonderful job in this movie... I've always loved The Good Son, probably because it's so different from all of his other movies. So cool! |
| Rating | | | Date | December 28, 2004 | | Summary | Good son, bad son | Content
| It's child-star vs. child star in "The Good Son," a disturbing suspense movie about the brutality that even children can commit. Somehow it's not surprising that Ian McEwan wrote the screenplay -- it's no cheery, cutesy story, but a horror movie in every sense of the word.
As the movie opens, Mark (Elijah Wood) is brought to his mother's bedside as she dies. At the funeral, his father learns that he will have to go on a business trip, which will "set you and Mark up for life." So he drops off Mark at his uncle and aunt's in New England, hoping that the boy will buck up emotionally when he's around other kids. At first, all is well -- Mark immediately becomes pals with his cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin), and the boys are soon inseparable.
But then Henry enlists Mark in a crazy prank: throwing a dummy onto a crowded highway, causing a massive accident. Mark realizes that his cousin cares nothing about the lives of others -- and discovers that he may have caused his baby's brother's mysterious death. But no one believes Mark -- and now Henry is planning to kill others in his family...
It's a sad fact that children can be as evil as adults, but the myth of childish purity sticks to us. That's why "Good Son" is so disturbing. Rather than treating the two kids as cardboard cutouts, they are as complex as adults -- capable of good or evil, and of terrible thoughts and actions. And, as we see in Mark, they can be heroes as well.
The storyline has a few too many cliches -- for example, the parents are utterly in the dark about Henry's true nature, although the mom does get a clue late in the movie. Ian McEwan did an excellent job with the scripting, however, slowly building up the suspense through little things like Henry pondering, "If I let you fall... do you think you could fly?" as Mark was dangling off a tree's branch. He also gives a sense of despration, as Mark tries to rescue Henry's little sister from an "accident," or destroys all the food when he thinks Henry has poisoned it all.
Wood gave a stellar performance as Mark, though he was the lesser child star at the time. He uses his expressive face and eyes to full advantage, showing all of Mark's horror, indecision, fear and sorrow without a word. Too bad Culkin wasn't nearly as good -- his portrayal of Henry is completely flat. The most emotion he ever shows is a shrug; I almost expected him to yawn.
"The Good Son" is a disturbing suspense movie, and not one that can be forgotten quickly. The main problem with it is Culkin's acting, while Wood did an outstanding job. |
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