54
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaScreen RantDebopriyaa DuttaUpholding genre tropes whilst subverting them, Son is an unsettling fever-dream drenched in unspeakable acts that leave viewers on edge until the end.
- 69Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganPaste MagazineNatalia KeoganYet in spite of this promising narrative foundation, the film’s gruesome effects and the compelling performance from Blumm, Son seriously suffers from assorted perils of predictability and protractedness.
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayKavanagh and Matichak do a remarkable job of capturing an amped-up version of everyday parental paranoia. This is ultimately a movie about a woman who loves her child so intensely that she becomes irrational — and dangerous.
- 60The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe plotting is, alas, a little slack in the later stages. There is a sense of flailing around en route to a reasonably satisfactory destination. Son remains, nonetheless, the work of a singular, oddball talent. Seek out.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveySon never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveySon never quite binds its tricky, episodic story into a persuasive or gripping whole.