Movie · Drama

Peter (Hugh Jackman) has a hectic life: a busy career, a demanding father (Anthony Hopkins), a new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and a baby. But all of that is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) appears at his door to discuss their teenage son Nicholas (Zen McGrath). Nicholas has been missing school for months and isn't being himself. Peter moves Nicholas into his home and tries to help his son as best he can while juggling all the other demands on his attention. Soon things reach a breaking point and Peter has to make a choice. Can he reach Nicholas before it's too late?

2022 · 2h 3m
  • 29%
Director Florian Zeller

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The Son

Drama

Peter (Hugh Jackman) has a hectic life: a busy career, a demanding father (Anthony Hopkins), a new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and a baby. But all of that is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) appears at his door to discuss their teenage son Nicholas (Zen McGrath). Nicholas has been missing school for months and isn't being himself. Peter moves Nicholas into his home and tries to help his son as best he can while juggling all the other demands on his attention. Soon things reach a breaking point and Peter has to make a choice. Can he reach Nicholas before it's too late?

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Average 4.9
Reviews 185
Fresh 54
Rotten 131

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Studio
See-Saw Films
Released
2022
Run Time
2 hr 3 min
Rated
12
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Language
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, France, United States
© 2022 Film4 Productions; Ingenious Media; Orange Studio; See-Saw Films; Embankment Films

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, French
Audio

English , English (United Kingdom)

Subtitles

English (United States) , Basque (Spain) , Bulgarian (Bulgaria) , Catalan (Spain) , Croatian (Croatia) , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Finnish (Finland) , Galician (Spain) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Macedonian (North Macedonia) , Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Romanian (Romania) , Serbian (Serbia) , Slovenian (Slovenia) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.