54
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary Goldstein[An] engrossing, propulsive film.
- 75RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMy Son finds its cinematic footing in a committed, steady, realism, and that creates a high-wire act of tension and suspense that’s refreshingly clean and consistently effective.
- 63TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleIn its modest, stripped-down way, it’s a worthy cousin to the genre stalwarts, anchored in the unvarnished power of Canet’s performance, and the no-nonsense approach to Christian Carion’s direction.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerIt’s got a nervously eerie feel to it that’s grounded in Canet’s gripping turn as a dad out to do good for his estranged family.
- 60Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievCarion, along with his co-screenwriter Laure Irrman, leave things annoyingly unexplained – which would be fine in a poetic meditation on loss and grief that purposefully raises more questions than answers, but is indefensible in a neither-here-nor-there pseudo-intellectual thriller.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film seeks to elevate genre clichés by slowing down the speed with which they’re typically offered.
- 30The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAn endorsement of milquetoast vigilantism that’s not nearly as knotty as it presumes to be, the French thriller “My Son” is so reserved in its storytelling and vague in its details that all it elicits is a yawn.