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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 354197" data-attributes="member: 33">The Son (2022)<img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWU1ZDNlNGQtY2EzNy00NzY1LWE5ZTItMDIzYzk4OTFkYmY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDM1ODc2NzE@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hugh Jackman plays Peter, the father of a teenage boy who has mental health issues and the film tells the story of how family negotiate all the problems and issues this throws up. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-son-review-hugh-jackman-b2282808.html" target="_blank">I read a review about this film</a> a few days ago that was so negative I had second thoughts about going to see it. I&#039;m glad I wasn&#039;t put off because The Son is a thoughtful, intelligent, well-paced and well acted film. Hugh Jackman was particularly convincing as Peter who had left his wife for a younger woman with whom he now has a child which in part was a trigger for his son&#039;s depression and self-harming. Peter has one scene with his father, played by Anthony Hopkins, who always prioritised his work over being a good dad and Peter is determined not to make the same mistake with his own son. The scene did make me wonder whether &quot;the son&quot; referred to in the title of the film was in fact the Hugh Jackman character rather than his teenage son.If you see bad reviews, don&#039;t believe them, this is a good film.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 354197, member: 33"] [B]The Son (2022)[/B] [IMG]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWU1ZDNlNGQtY2EzNy00NzY1LWE5ZTItMDIzYzk4OTFkYmY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDM1ODc2NzE@._V1_.jpg[/IMG] Hugh Jackman plays Peter, the father of a teenage boy who has mental health issues and the film tells the story of how family negotiate all the problems and issues this throws up. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-son-review-hugh-jackman-b2282808.html']I read a review about this film[/URL] a few days ago that was so negative I had second thoughts about going to see it. I'm glad I wasn't put off because [I]The Son [/I]is a thoughtful, intelligent, well-paced and well acted film. Hugh Jackman was particularly convincing as Peter who had left his wife for a younger woman with whom he now has a child which in part was a trigger for his son's depression and self-harming. Peter has one scene with his father, played by Anthony Hopkins, who always prioritised his work over being a good dad and Peter is determined not to make the same mistake with his own son. The scene did make me wonder whether "the son" referred to in the title of the film was in fact the Hugh Jackman character rather than his teenage son. If you see bad reviews, don't believe them, this is a good film. [/QUOTE]

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