
The Son
Taste attributes: dramaslowunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivalself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeExpect a moving, serious drama, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.6 /10
TMDB · 142 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Cross City Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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