A drama that follows a family as it falls apart and tries to come back together again. A couple of years after his parents' divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate.
He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth. Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.
Critics Reviews:
- “Everything is a little too self-conscious, but the longer the film goes on — and it does rather go on — the more it seems this artifice might be a deliberate choice, to make the entire world as dishonest and uncomfortable as Nicholas sees it.” – Olly Richards (Empire Magazine)
- “The actors penetrate the murk to make something very touching out of their response to the tragedy which is threatening to derail all their lives.” – Sandra Hall (Sydney Morning Herald)
- “The Son is a bold, harrowing and unflinchingly sobering film that is admittedly not for every taste, but an unavoidably intelligent piece of filmmaking for mature viewers that I highly recommend.” – Rex Reed (Observer)
