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Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman
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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What 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)
There'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)
An aggressively atonal crime caper - smug and glib and apathetic as to who gets what, so long as it seems clever in the meantime.
OK 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.
Good indie dark comedy/mystery with some great performances. Very entertaining.
Interesting, but nothing more.. If you start watching this movie, watch it till the very end. It will make it count. ;)
With 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)
