Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a ren...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
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August 11, 2009What a disappointment. And with some really powerful actors in its cast. The script had a few originality points, but it was all over the place. It had extreme highs and plummeting lows and to some roles, sequences and actions I couldn't even find the point. The mixing of technol...( read more)
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July 9, 2009There's nothing like a movie where Alan Rickman plays a total dick. He's a genius at it. No one comes close to what I refer to as "Rickman Dickery". He's an artist. Rembrandt worked in paints and Rickman works in being an asshole. Nobel Son is no exception with the Rickman playin...( read more)
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January 1, 2009An aggressively atonal crime caper - smug and glib and apathetic as to who gets what, so long as it seems clever in the meantime.
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March 28, 2009OK movie. The first half of the movie was fine, and then it tried to be a little too clever, and fell flat on it's face. But a seasoned cast of familiar faces made it watchable, especially Alan Rickman as the pompous father.
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November 14, 2009With Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen and Bill Pullman you know that you are going to get fine performances and they deliver fully but without bravura. The rest of the cast rises to the same standard of excellence without flashiness. Nobody gave an Oscar worthy performance but ever...( read more)
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November 10, 2009Not bad I got 2 high and dont remb much but I do remb it was not bad.
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Critic Reviews
December 5, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
December 5, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Even if you can summon some admiration for Nobel Son's editing or snippets of clever dialogue, the movie is so relentlessly self-congratulatory, you can't help becoming thoroughly sick of it. full review
December 5, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Except for a mildly engaging heist scene in the middle of the movie, the story never gets within a mile of the Quentin Tarantino classics it tries to evoke. full review
December 5, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fans of Rickman will appreciate the actor's sneering mix of buffoonery and misanthropy, Steenburgen gives another of her playfully ironic turns, and Miller's direction allows for few, if any, lulls. full review
December 5, 2008
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Nobel Son isn't funny enough for black comedy, nor suspenseful enough for a thriller; for all its flashy flailings and thumb-slicings, it's ultimately a little dull. full review
December 4, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The plot by itself could have become tiresome; no audience enjoys spending all evening walking into stone walls. But the acting is another matter. full review
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