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The Good Son

1993

Joseph Ruben

Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse ...

5.8

10,123

Thriller. Drama. Horror Evil resides in an unexpected place in this gripping, suspense-filled drama. Macaulay Culkin stars as Henry, an angelic-looking boy who seems loving and loyal to his parents, sister and friends. Only his cousin Mark (Elijah Wood) sees what lurks behind Henry's smile - secret thoughts and a love of deadly games. But when Mark tries to warn Henry's family, they won't believe him, leaving the terrified young alone to battle his jealous, menacing cousin. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The movie is a creepy, unpleasant experience, made all the worse because it stars children too young to understand the horrible things we see them doing (...) Rating: ½★ (out of four)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Jeff Dawson Empire	"Although the idea was in the right place, it's a shame the material wasn't more convincing or even more interesting (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The Good Son delivers its knuckle-gnawing set pieces with a skill that makes other thrillers look logy."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The film's final scene is one of its few suspenseful and original moments"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"The 'Home Alone' kid as an amoral, psychotic killer? What next, Barney leveling Tokyo?"	NEU
United States	Desson Howe The Washington Post	"Culkin's best comedy ever. If only this movie wasn't supposed to be a horror picture"	NEG

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