20222h 3mDir. Florian Zeller

The Son

Name: The Son
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-11-10
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 3
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Anthony Hopkins

Drama

3.0 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 3.0 ★vs2nd Half: 3.0 ★

CineFriendz Split-Rating Metric (Pacing & Climax breakdown)

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.

Starring:Hugh Jackman,Zen McGrath,Vanessa Kirby,Laura Dern,Anthony Hopkins

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Hugh Jackman

Peter

Zen McGrath

Nicholas

Vanessa Kirby

Beth

Laura Dern

Kate

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony

William Hope

Andrew

George Cobell

Nicholas (6 Years)

Felix Goddard

Theo

Max Goddard

Theo

Shin-Fei Chen

Alexandra

Nancy Baldwin

Principal's Secretary

Akie Kotabe

Mr. Yama

Key Production Crew

Director

Florian Zeller

Screenplay & Writers

Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller

Cinematography

Ben Smithard

Original Score

Hans Zimmer

Producers

Christophe Spadone, Emile Sherman, Karl Hartman

Film Details

Budget$6,000,000

Box Office Revenue$3,617,681

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Ingenious MediaFilm4 ProductionsSee-Saw FilmsEmbankment FilmsCross City FilmsInthevoid Production

Keywords & Themes

#depression#suicide#mental illness#mental health#child of divorce#divorced parents#hard#father son conflict#self-harm

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

3.0

A decent movie on a difficult subject marred by bad writing and a grievous mistake in casting of Zen McGrath as the teenage son. Even if one believes the implausibility of the well resourced parents’ inaction given t...

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