After his appearance in the 2021 sci-fi film ReminiscenceHugh Jackman will soon return to the big screen for Sony Pictures Classics Son. While the general public is still a few months away from seeing Jackman’s performance in this upcoming film, Son premiered this week at the Venice Film Festival and later received a 10-minute standing ovation. After that screening, critics have now shared their thoughts on Jackman’s latest film.
For those who have not heard Son, follows a 17-year-old named Nicholas (Zen McGrath), who decides he no longer wants to live with his mother Kate (Laura Dern) and moves in with his father Peter (Hugh Jackman) and his new love partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby ). ), the two raise their baby together. Peter tries his best to manage his job, take care of his newborn baby and take care of Nicholas as he would like his father to do for him, but Peter’s attempts to correct past mistakes make him lose. the present. Son based on the game Son by Florian Zeller, who directed the film adaptation and co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Hampton. Zeller was also the director behind the Anthony Hopkins-directed film. The fatherand yes, these two films are narratively linked.
Past term Son received a 10-minute standing ovation in Venice on Wednesday night and Deadline’s review for the film claimed it offered “emotionally powerful stuff” and “the most impressive dramatic performance” of Hugh Jackman’s career. The outlet also praised Zen McGrath, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby for what they brought to the film.
[A] Character-based showpiece that opens up a bit more, but still has the feel of an intimate family drama without a noticeable, flashy technique sinking it into.
The BBC also had positive words to say Sonbut in the end it fell into more mixed territory with the film, awarding it 3 stars out of 5. Publishing that Son “It works best when it comes to understanding how scary and slippery it is to try to help someone you love who is expressing suicidal thoughts,” but said Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are prone to “theatrical mannerisms that seem emotionally dishonest and misaligned.” with the performance of Zen McGrath, as well as the fact that the film seems “visually cut”.
[It] it is an imperfect film with a good heart, but a far less impressive offspring than the talkative triumph of the Father. From such a stick to such a splinter? Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
the sealed playlist Son with a B-, saying that if Florian Zeller is unable to “play the magic” of The father and this new movie is “a pretty boring nerdy piece of manipulation,” Hugh Jackman’s performance gets better Son‘s, as well as its “biggest advantage: the thematic basis of its source material”.
There’s enough humanity in the story and cast to touch the soul and mostly make up for the uninspired direction. But The Son should at least shine a little more through the dark material, given these competitors and their previous triumphs.
Finally, the indiewire did not particularly impress me Songiving it a C. The reviewer found the film a depressing story that made it The father “I feel like Paddington films in comparison “, as well as affirming it Son it is “so pornographic in its pain (and so completely devoid of air or lightness) that it can’t help but sound like an argument against having children in the first place.”
Devoid of the puzzle magic that allowed Zeller’s previous film to save deep traces of humanity from the carnage of his mental illness, The Son offers a blunt and austere family portrait that emphasizes the absurdity of depression through the simplicity of its plot. .
There are other reviews of Son you can read for yourself, but it looks like there will be some polarized opinions as to whether it makes the list of Hugh Jackman’s best movies, and it’s definitely not something to watch if you need a lift. Anyway, if you want to judge Son yourself, you can do it once it hits theaters on November 11th. Also be sure to read what critics think of Brendan Fraser The whale leaving Venice, and like the anticipated welcome don’t worry honey took shape after its world premiere.
Source: Cinemablend
