The Good Son
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Movie Reviews of The Good Son
Movie Review: Macaulay Culkin first non kiddie starring role
Summary: 4 Stars
The Good Son when released in 1993 was a film starring it child actor Macaulay Culkin. Culkin played the bad boy role very effectively and had good chemistry with Eiljah Wood. Joe Rebuen's direction was tense but the film was a little short in it's running time for my tastes. I wished they would have gone into a back story with Henry's reasons for being evil. One question remains though, why did Wood become a bigger star?Movie Review: THE GOOD MOVIE!
Summary: 4 Stars
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!
Movie Review: really good
Summary: 4 Stars
Culkin as a evil son, performance was great. Wood as a relative who comes to live with Culkins family. Wood witnesses Culkins evil acts and tries to save the family from death. Very good and different film from Culkin.Movie Review: No Country for Little Boys
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Good Son" was the edgy '90s "thriller" in which Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin channeled his demon seed equivalent. It has an oddly good pedigree, with Ian McEwan (who atoned for this with "Atonement",another story about a malicious child) as its screenwriter and Elmer Bernstein,a mainstay of '50s/'60s classics, composing the score. It's a B movie that has a soundtrack and a screenplay too good for it.
"Good Son" has grieving little Mark (Elijah Wood) sent from the beautiful land of New Mexico to the Maine wilderness to live with his mischievous cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin),Henry's sister Connie (Quinn Culkin) and his uncle Wallace (the actor is currently starring as the homophobic,homicidal Col. Mayer on "As the World Turns",soap fans!) Mark learns that Henry is a creepy fellow with a morbid fascination with death. Culkin is quite amazing as the charismatic,manipulative Henry. He&his real-life sister have a realistic dynamic. There are many suspenseful moments, and the soundtrack is excellent!
On the other hand,"Good Son" has some weak spots. Most significantly,its lead. When Wood tells his shrink about evil's existence, he says it so blandly he's outdoing then-90s blandfest Keanu Reeves. His stock response to Culkin's evil acts is a blank look. He's got the requisite B-movie Prince Valiant 'do. He spends the movie being wide-eyed,hiding,and running (there,I have "Fellowship" summed up if you don't have three hours) Usually child stars aren't catatonic; on the whole,they're hammy or sappy. It's quite astounding that once Wood came of age and starred in a certain 9 hour epic involving orcs&evil bling,he'd inspire tons of racy fanfiction,because he's homely in "Good Son." It's a "thank God for puberty and Peter Jackson!" film.
"Good Son" is riveting in its badness. The "Mr. Highway" scene-in which Henry causes a massive accident-is so ludicrous it's laughable. Henry's snarkiness keeps the movie going. This film deserves a MST3K treatment,as another reviewer noted. "The Good Son" gets three stars for Culkin's standout performance,the few moments of suspense,it's a movie so bad,it's good.
Movie Review: Creepy, and disturbing
Summary: 3 Stars
What kind of filmmakers have a small child in a role where he is killing people? Especially when the film has with a kid killing off his family members. It's just wrong to do when children are at that young an age. Is it any wonder that Macaulay Culkin has turned out the way he did, whether you believe the press or not, or a certain MJ is involved. This movie gave me the creeps, I dread to think how it messed up his poor little head. To say his character is a homicidal kid with serious problems is an understatement. First of all, he kills a dog with a nail-gun he created. And then he tries to kill his sister (numerous times). And then we find out that years ago, his little brother drowned in the bathtub while he was looking over him (we find out later he killed the boy because his brother got one of his toys, a rubber duck, and he wanted it back). It was cool to see Macaulay in a slightly different role to that of the rich or bratty little kid he's played so often. If you want to see a role where he's really different, Saved comes highly recommended, plus, he looks really cute towards the end! There's no doubt that by the time this film came out and his shocked picture was everywhere on the Home Alone posters, that he was fed up of being typecast.
The ending is very creepy, and a bit of a wrong choice to be given to the mother. Frankly, I didn't understand it, and had to ask why, why, why?
To say this film is a bit messed up in portraying the oldest child, who was probably jealous of his younger siblings, as a killer, is quite creepy, and very disturbing. The ending will spook you, as will Elijah Wood's performance (the bug eyed look gets you every time), and will leave you with shivers up your spine. Borderline four rating, but the whole idea of the film gives me the spooks.
Don't show it to kids - they might get ideas!