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Macaulay Culkin (Actor), Elijah Wood (Actor), Joseph Ruben (Director, Producer) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse, Daniel Hugh Kelly
  • Directors: Joseph Ruben
  • Writers: Ian McEwan
  • Producers: Joseph Ruben, Daniel Rogosin, Ezra Swerdlow, Mary Ann Page, Michael E. Steele
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Jun. 2003
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UWN6
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,496 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Macaulay Culkin gone bad in this story about a boy who tries to eliminate his family members one by one. See the 1956 movie, The Bad Seed for an interesting comparison.

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 youngster alone to battle his jealous, menacing cousin.

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4.0 out of 5 starshorriffic (mainly because it's realistic!)
By Lyndsay on 2 Sept. 2004
Format: DVD
This is a deeply horrifying movie about the existence of evil and raw emotions. All of the main characters are coping with a death of a close family member, Mark (Wood) with the loss of his mother, and his cousin Henry (Culkin)'s family by the youngest child who mysteriously drowned in a bath tub. The difference in how they cope with the loss sets the background for the two young boy's relationship, which starts off as idylic (those kids never seem to stop running!) in the dramatic scenery of Aspen, (i think!), as gradually Henry's true character begins to show in ominous moments, building to a heart stopping climax i found quite difficult to handle. An almost unbelievable tale of a child who should be innocent, made real by amazing acting (by kids who weren't even legally allowed to watch their own movie) and direction.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA story of a jealous son
By Andrew J King on 13 Aug. 2003
Format: DVD
I Felt that this film was a very sad film in the respect that it shows how a young child can feel rejected by his/her parents when a new sibing arrives and all the attention seems to be focused away from them, and what lengths they will go to, to get their family back the way that it used to be.
I also feel that Elijah Wood plays an excellent part in this film as the young nephew who tries in vain to convince his aunt of the evil deeds his cousin Macaulay Culkin has committed against his own family.
This film is a prime example of the saying love is blind which is clearly demonstrated by the mothers actions in the film.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood son
By EA Solinas HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 22 April 2007
Format: DVD
It's child-star vs. child star in "The Good Son," a disturbing suspense movie about the brutality that even children can commit. Somehow it's not surprising that Ian McEwan wrote the screenplay -- it's no cheery, cutesy story, but a horror movie in every sense of the word.

As the movie opens, Mark (Elijah Wood) is brought to his mother's bedside as she dies. At the funeral, his father learns that he will have to go on a business trip, which will "set you and Mark up for life." So he drops off Mark at his uncle and aunt's in New England, hoping that the boy will buck up emotionally when he's around other kids. At first, all is well -- Mark immediately becomes pals with his cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin), and the boys are soon inseparable.

But then Henry enlists Mark in a crazy prank: throwing a dummy onto a crowded highway, causing a massive accident. Mark realizes that his cousin cares nothing about the lives of others -- and discovers that he may have caused his baby's brother's mysterious death. But no one believes Mark -- and now Henry is planning to kill others in his family...

It's a sad fact that children can be as evil as adults, but the myth of childish purity sticks to us. That's why "Good Son" is so disturbing. Rather than treating the two kids as cardboard cutouts, they are as complex as adults -- capable of good or evil, and of terrible thoughts and actions. And, as we see in Mark, they can be heroes as well.

The storyline has a few too many cliches -- for example, the parents are utterly in the dark about Henry's true nature, although the mom does get a clue late in the movie. Ian McEwan did an excellent job with the scripting, however, slowly building up the suspense through little things like Henry pondering, "If I let you fall...Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSomething of a twist!
By A Customer on 22 Jan. 2004
Format: DVD
The pairing of Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin is just perfect! They both play their roles with great maturity for their age. Culkin has the wild look in his eye, where as Wood has great depth of emotion in some very touching scenes. The film had you engaged right from the start and is full of twists. It had me griped and pleading for someone to believe Mark (Wood) as the story progressed. Its dark and an intresting site on youngs boys out at play in the wonderfull setting of this film. If you want something that you want to be griped by, see some breath taking stunts done by the boys them selves and taken on twists and turns then this is the film for you!
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4.0 out of 5 starsLets here it for these child actors!
By Brit Boy TOP 500 REVIEWER on 27 Nov. 2014
Format: DVD
Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood really are superb in 'The Good Son', a slow-running but very watchable psychological thriller from 1993. The characters they portray are polar opposites, it's good meets evil.

Following his mother's death from cancer, 12 year old Mark (Wood) is sent to Maine to visit his aunt and uncle while his father goes on an important business trip to Tokyo. There, Mark meets his cousin, Henry (Culkin), and on the first meeting, he finds him to be a good laugh. A friendship is quickly formed between the two kids, until Henry begins to demonstrate some disturbing signs of violent behaviour which causes Mark to worry. Not only does he witness Henry kill a dog and taunt his little sister (played by Macaulay's real-life, now tragically late sister), he has the constant frustration around his neck that nobody around him believes what he knows about this devil child.

Some of Macaulay scenes are great, and show how good an actor he was, and still could be if he cleans up his act. I wish him the very best, and hope he returns to the world of acting whilst he's still young. Evil Henry is quite different to cheeky Kelvin in 'Home Alone', and I can't help but think how much fun it would have been had the burglars in that Christmas classic attempted to rob his house before they moved onto Kelvin's. Of course, Elijah as the good guy is also very engaging, and these kids could sure show a few of today's child stars how to deliver the goods.

An interesting and creepy movie with a great plot. I wouldn't recommend you show it to the kids, but the teens and adults will want to watch 'The Good Son' - and again.
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