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Metascore
17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Time OutTime OutYoung Mac is decisively upstaged by Wood, but the film's strongest selling point has to be a cliff-top finale in which the tyke's own mother has to choose whether he'll live or die. A summer camp classic.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleAn above-average “killer kid from hell” picture. Not The Bad Seed but not bad.
- 63TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe Good Son is a second-rate thriller with first-rate production values. On a lower budget and without the hottest child star in America in the cast, Ruben and McEwan might have made a meaner, tougher and more successful thriller.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThere's wonderful use made of a Maine port town, and Ruben gets a dizzying thrill or two out of overhead shots, but the conceptual overload finally prevents this from coming together.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAt best, this film is strictly cable fare.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonThe mere presence of the adorable baby star, in fact, seems to throw the whole film out of whack, making the picture play more like an inadvertent comedy than a thriller.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonCulkin's best comedy ever. If only this movie wasn't supposed to be a horror picture.
- 12Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is a creepy, unpleasant experience, made all the worse because it stars children too young to understand the horrible things we see them doing.