...sporadically watchable yet mostly (and curiously) inert...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 10, 2022

Unhappily, although Ian McEwan's screenplay has its strong points, and Ruben skillfully builds tension and suspense, this updated, gender-bent Bad Seed falters at key points.

| Jun 6, 2018

Creepy '90s thriller about murderous kid has violence.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2017

I guarantee you this would have been 100% more effective if Wood and Culkin switched roles

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 22, 2012

A second-rate thriller with first-rate production values.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 25, 2007

This peculiar thriller doesn't deliver enough jolts to leave the audience screaming.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2007

There'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.

| Jul 25, 2007

A summer camp classic.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 20, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Jul 23, 2004

Not a good movie, but a creepy performance by Culkin rescues it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2003

An unintentionally uproarious melodrama; a must-see for fans of the truly terrible

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Jul 15, 2003

The Good Son has a handsome, scenic look that sustains interest, and a suspenseful ending that is quite literally gripping.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2003

Almost worth it to see Macauly Culkin's demise. Almost.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 17, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 4, 2002

Not The Bad Seed but not bad.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2002