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{{Short description|Film directed by Florian Zeller}}

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| cinematography = [[Ben Smithard]]

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* [[Sony Pictures Classics]] (United States)

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* [[STX Entertainment#STX Films|STX Films]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-son-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmda4mzky |title=The Son (2022) |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> (United Kingdom)

* [[Black Bear Pictures]]<ref name="bbuk">{{cite web|title=Black Bear Hires Luane Gauer As SVP International Production & Acquisitions|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|date=7 February 2023|access-date=26 June 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/black-bear-international-hires-luane-gauer-as-svp-international-production-and-acquisitions-1235252103/amp/}}</ref> (United Kingdom)

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'''''The Son''''' is a 2022 [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film]] directed by [[Florian Zeller]] from a screenplay written by himself and [[Christopher Hampton]]. It is based on Zeller's [[The Son (Zeller play)|Zeller's 2018 stage play of the same name]]. The film stars [[Hugh Jackman]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Vanessa Kirby]], Zen McGrath, and [[Hugh Quarshie]]., and [[Anthony Hopkins]] has a minor appearance in this film playing the main character's father (but a different father from Zeller's [[The Father (2020 film)|previous film]]).

''The Son'' had its world premiere at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2022, and was released for a one-week [[limited theatrical release]] in [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]] on 25 November 2022, before a wide release in the United States on 20 January 2023 by [[Sony Pictures Classics]]<nowiki>. The film received mostly negativemixed reviews from critics{{</nowiki>[[Template:Cn|cn]]<nowiki>}}, though Jackman's performance received praise. At the </nowiki>[[80th Golden Globe Awards]] and [[27th Satellite Awards]], Jackman was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

==Plot==

Peter Miller is recently married to his second wife, Beth, and is raising their newborn baby. His ex-wife, Kate, unexpectedly shows up and says their 17-year-old son, Nicholas, is [[Major depressive disorder|depressed]] and has dropped out of school.

Although Peter barely knows Nicholas, he agrees to house him. Peter also has a terrible relationship with his own father, Anthony, who was cruel when he wasn't absent from Peter's life. However, Peter has moved on from his [[childhood trauma]] and hopes to be a good father towardsto Nicholas.

Despite trying to bond with Nicholas, Peter refuses to acknowledge that he has deeply wounded him by [[Infidelity|cheating]] on Kate. But when Nicholas attempts [[suicide]] and is placed in an in-patient [[Residential treatment center#Children and teens|treatment facility]], Peter belatedly grasps his responsibility for the situation.

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* [[Hugh Quarshie]] as Dr. Harris, Nicholas' therapist

* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Anthony Miller, Peter's father and Nicholas' grandfather.

* [[Gretchen Egolf]] as ER Psychiatrist

==Production==

During an interview via [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] after the [[93rd Academy Awards]] nominations were announced, director/writer [[Florian Zeller]] revealed to ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' that he was finishing up an adaptation of one of his plays titled ''The Son''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blyth |first=Antonia |date=15 March 2021 |title=Oscar-Nominated 'The Father' Director Florian Zeller Has Next Adaptation 'The Son' in the Works |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/oscar-nominations-the-father-florian-zeller-interview-the-son-1234714776/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2021, [[Hugh Jackman]] and [[Laura Dern]] were cast to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=14 April 2021 |title=Hugh Jackman & Laura Dern to Star in Florian Zeller's 'The Son', See-Saw to Produce Follow-Up to Oscar-Nominee 'The Father' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/hugh-jackman-laura-dern-the-son-father-florian-zeller-follow-up-1234734035/ |access-date=14 April 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2021, [[Vanessa Kirby]] joined the cast of the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/vanessa-kirby-florian-zeller-the-son-1234992362/ |title=Vanessa Kirby Joins Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern in Florian Zeller's 'The Son' (EXCLUSIVE) |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first1=Elsa |last1=Keslassy |first2=Matt |last2=Donnelly |date=28 June 2021 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] began in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpQFYRgFsd/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CSpQFYRgFsd |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration |title=Today was the first shooting day of #theson with the wonderful @vanessa__kirby and @thehughjackman @sonyclassics @orangestudiofr @see_saw_films |publisher=[[Instagram]] |first=Florian |last=Zeller |date=16 August 2021 |access-date=16 August 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As of October 2021, production had concluded. It was reported [[Anthony Hopkins]] and Zen McGrath had also joined the cast, the former of whom is reuniting with Zeller after working on ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]'' (2020), for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="Hopkins">{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=11 October 2021 |title=Florian Zeller's 'The Son' Sells Out Globally; Anthony Hopkins & Zen McGrath Join Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/florian-zellers-the-son-sells-out-globally-embankment-cross-city-1234853867/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Release==

In July 2021, [[Sony Pictures Classics]] acquired distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/sony-pictures-classics-teams-again-with-oscar-winner-florian-zeller-for-the-son-1234787528/ |title=Sony Pictures Classics Teams Again with Oscar Winner Florian Zeller for 'The Son' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> [[STX Entertainment]] claimed the distribution rights for the UK, Benelux, Italy, Scandinavia and Iceland that same month.<ref name="Hopkins"/> Despite STX's main international office in London shutting down,<ref>{{cite web |title=STX to begin winding down UK office |website=[[Screen International#Screen Daily (website)|Screen Daily]] |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |date=29 July 2022 |access-date=9 March 2023 |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/stx-to-begin-winding-down-uk-office-exclusive/5173047.article}}</ref> the company managed to release the film in the aforementioned territories, with [[Black Bear Pictures]] co-distributing the film in the UK.

The film had its world premiere in- competition at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022/venezia-79-competition/son |title=Biennale Cinema 2022 {{!}} The Son |publisher=[[Venice Biennale|La Biennale di Venezia]] |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> Its North American premiere took place at the [[2022 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] that same month on 12 September 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tiff.net/events/the-son |title=The Son}}</ref> It also screened at the 2022 [[American Film Institute#AFI Fest|AFI Fest]] on 5 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/afi-fest-2022-red-carpet-movies-list-lineup-1235122945/ |title=AFI Fest Adds 'Bardo', 'The Son', 'She Said', 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio', More to Red Carpet Lineup |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> The film was initially scheduled for a [[limited theatrical release|limited release]] in the United States on 11 November 2022, with expansions in the following weeks,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/sony-pictures-classics-fall-release-dates-shoemaker-of-dreams-the-son-hugh-jackman-laura-dern-living-turn-every-page-1235089030/ |title=Sony Classics Sets Release Dates for Hugh Jackman-Laura Dern Drama 'The Son' & Four Others |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Jill |last=Goldsmith |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> before its limited release was shifted to 25 November.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3167912705/?ref_=bo_rs_table_26 |title=The Son |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=1582023741231362048 |title=From the Academy Award®-winning writer/director of THE FATHER, #TheSon opens November 25 in NY & LA. Coming soon to a theater near you. |user=sonyclassics |author=[[Sony Pictures Classics]] |date=17 October 2022 |access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> Its US limited release was later shifted again to a one-week engagement from 25 November, only in limited [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]] theaters, before a nationwide release on 20 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/spc-turns-the-son-november-release-into-one-week-qualifying-run/5176587.article |title=SPC turns 'The Son' November release into one-week qualifying run |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |website=[[Screen International#Screen Daily (website)|Screen Daily]] |date=17 November 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> Although initially planned for 8 March 2023, the film was released in France on 1 March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Colon |first=Tanguy |title=UGC Distribution avance la sortie de ''The Son'' |url=https://www.boxofficepro.fr/ugc-distribution-avance-la-sortie-de-the-son/ |website=[[Boxoffice Pro]] |access-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103161315/https://www.boxofficepro.fr/ugc-distribution-avance-la-sortie-de-the-son/ |archive-date=3 November 2022 |language=fr-FR |date=3 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 29%, based on 181182 reviews, with an average rating of 4.89/10. The website's consensus reads: "Despite reliably solid work from Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman, ''The Son'' remains mired in off-puttingly aggressive melodrama."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_son |title=The Son (2022) |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-son-2022 |title=The Son (2022) Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>

===Accolades===

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! scope="row"| [[AACTA Awards#2011–present: AACTA Awards|AACTA International Awards]]

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| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]

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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/2022-nomineeswinners/ |title=2022 AwardeesWinners |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>

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! scope="row"| [[Venice Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]

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