Rotten
Is it a thriller? Is it a heist movie? Is it a comedy?
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Nobel Son
Keep your eyes on the prize.
2007 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Randall Miller
Overview
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
Director and cast
- Randall Miller Director
- Alan Rickman as Eli Michaelson
- Bryan Greenberg as Barkley Michaelson
- Mary Steenburgen as Sarah Michaelson
- Shawn Hatosy as Thaddeus James
- Danny DeVito as Gastner
- Eliza Dushku as City Hall
- Bill Pullman as Det. Max Mariner
- Ted Danson as Harvey Parrish
- Ernie Hudson as Sgt. Bill Canega
- Lindy Booth as Beth Chapman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I had high hopes for Nobel Son at the halfway point, but it ultimately really completely collapses under the weight of its clever twists.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
The plot twists are mostly predicated on the characters' improbably shifting loyalties, the sort of thing you can get away with only when the people in your movie are drained of all compassion.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
It's one of those films stuffed with odd characters in overblown situations. Unfortunately, you don't care about any of them.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
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.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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