Directed by: Florian Zeller Written by: Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins #TheSon #OfficialTrailer #HughJackman #LauraDern #SonyClassics
My wife and I cried throughout this movie because the story reminded us so much of our son Jonathan, who we lost to suicide in June, 2020. He was only 21-years-old. He was a beautiful and charming young man, but like the character in the movie, had a very sensitive heart and was dealing with immense inner pain. It all started after having a bad experience in the military and being discharged when he was 18. To deal with his pain, he got into drugs and we almost lost him a couple of times due to drug overdose. We took him to the best therapists and rehab centers around the country and at times he showed some progress but after his girlfriend left him in April 2020, he was unable to deal with the pain and shot himself while under the influence of heavy drugs. He never left a goodbye note and in his last phone messages we found out he wanted to get some help. Our hearts are broken and will never be the same. You never get over losing a child in this manner. You just learn to live with it like a person with a limp and a cane. My message to anyone reading this as a grieving father: Love your children, understand them when they hurt, don't expect them to be like you because they're not. Each person is a unique individual with their own struggles. Accept them unconditionally and don't reject them, get them all the help you can even if it costs you everything!
So sorry for your loss. My husband committed suicide 4 years ago and it definitely broke me. I will never heal from it. Hard to keep going myself after that. But I'm still here. Losing a child that is heartbreaking. You sounded like wonderful parents!
I watched this today, as a young boy growing up I can really feel what happens in the film. I got home, sat down and just cried. Truly an amazing film, I loved every bit of it.
the masterpiece in this movie to me lies in the fact that everyone is relatable. The boy , the mother , the father , the new wife , everyone suffer and feel powerless. there is a piece of us inside everyone in this movie, to the cries of the boy unable to express his pain , to the frustration and anger of the father unable to find a solution, with the movie portraying the trauma as something that could be generational ( he himself had unresolved pain toward his own father) , to the suffering of the new wife that never ask to be part of such hardship and the culpability felt by the mother... its sad for everyone and everyone tries their best but sometime its just not enough and you cannot pin point one single thing , one single fault. Such is life. I still think suicide even tho it seems like the only solution for people in such depressive states , ( i too have been, especially around this age) ,but suicide is still the most egoistical act one can do. it leaves everyone that you knew grieving , destroyed for life. Sometime emotion can get tangled in a knot and everything seems darker than it actually is, and living happy is a choice you need to make for yourself and that is all. That is the simplest thought that can change everything i believe that.
My father passed away back in the summer of August 2019 he had his ups and downs like we all have sometimes but he was such an amazing,loving father & I was truly blessed to have him in my life. But with that being said, I just wanted to say your comment brought me so much joy that I really needed in my life right now so thank you so much. I know you don't know me but I wish you & your son the best.
As a kid raised in the exact same situation, i only can say wow... this movie hits so hard. Ppl Who cant relate dont see the amount of detail in this movie. Its sooo good, so deep. Wow❤
Desde la meva opinió, la reunió el doctor amb els pares es clau de com acaba el fill. Si tant malament estava el fill hauria de haver continuat al centre obligatòriament, en aquest tipus de casos l’opció de que els pares puguin decidir no es correcte. En tenc la part emocional dels pares que veuren que el seu fill ho està passant malament allà dins, i això els fa creure que ja no es tornarà a portar malament. I el final passa tot el contrari. Com dic jo menos protocols i mes valors i sentit comu.
I'm not going to spoil it... but as a father of a little boy, this movie destroyed me. I literally cried watching it like I have never before in my life. If you are a parent, watch it, it is a great movie. But beware: it's a hard one.
I cried with this movie. I had once an episode of depression. I remember myself wandering in the city just walking and seating in park benches not wanting to go to work or talk to people. it was a dark period.
Looks like a compelling movie, great to see Hugh performing on a drama movie it proves he is a very versatile actor who can work on vastly different movies.
Hate parents (men or women) that leave their families for someone younger and then pour their love in their younger kids while forgetting their diet kids. It creates such visceral pain and rage in me.
The new wife was irritating to me. Especially the ending, when he's having an emotional breakdown about the guilt he felt, and all she can say, is that he has another son as if he can replace his dead son.
even kids who have both parents who décide to stay together but are abusive to.each other, talks bad to each other and don't show love, get also this kind of behavior. it's the fault of.his mother, she was the one to cause this
I watched this today. And I don't think I've ever been pulled into a movie so emotionally before. The freaking wolverine had me balling! Just wow. When an actor can make you feel their pain through "acting" it's amazing. Jesus. I cried just telling my wife about the movie.
Watched this today. Got home, sat on the sofa, couldn’t move. Know that it’s about a teen struggling with depression before you go as it will be distressing for some people. Very well made movie. Great cast.
This seems like the type of film that has a lot of emotional depth to it. This concept is new and refreshing. Life is unpredictable in more ways than one.
Such a good movie as someone who came from a similar dysfunctional family. There's also an important message of generational trauma and how it can be passed on to our kids.
Idk if the absentee father were the reason Nicolas was like this. He had mental issues that were likely inherited by birth. He wasn't like other kids and most likely used the divorce to give reason to why he wasn't normal
I got mixed feelings about this one. I feel terribly for kids like Nicholas. Parents need to stop being so soft on kids. Especially these ‘new age parents’. Kids aren’t your best friends. Challenges make us tough. They need to learn that, sometimes the hard way. (For nick, his parents should have let him stay at the facility). We can’t always give in to what they want. If you are a young person and feeling anything close to what Nicholas felt, pls stay strong, don’t give into the negative voices. Life is tough, but it gets better. At some point, you’ll thank yourself for being resilient and overcoming the enemy. Be strong, May God take away your pain. It gets better❤
I mean staying at the facility at this point was just torture and prolonging the inevitable but it doesn't mean it doesn't work for some. For some people it helps but for others it is just prolonging the suffering.
@@pebbles92able, The sad thing about the film is that the parents will never know if staying at the facility would have worked because he killed himself hours after the decision to let him come home. That's the guilt Hugh Jackman's character is living with. The not knowing.
@@pebbles92able this is reason why nicholas died.... ignorant of parents with medicines.. the movie did not explained very well to parents that medication nicholas take anti depressant is more risk to commit suicide after first to second week of taking because they have more energy to do it... is a text book information about this drug.
Easy for you to say but sick person will always negative to themselves what ever you do.... the more you become tough the more they will think bad... the more you get soft the more they bad too..they are just unstable.
Hes a hsp, hes highly sensitive to his surroundings since birth hes had a sensitive nuero system. Ive had a similar experience when i was his age and i totally get the pain he was feeling that was so unexplainable.
Brilliant movie. Sat and cried at the end. This movie illustrates my biggest fear for my alienated sons to ever experience this. All we can do now is pray and try our best as parents.
The Son is an Extraordinary Film that holds up a Mirror to Parents/Families showing what really happens when a family member suffers with depression. The cast holds their own against a Stellar Performance by Hugh Jackman. CONGRATULATIONS all around to tackling a very difficult subject. If you've ever known someone who has suffered so hopelessly with depression, you know how true to life this film is. It's heartbreakingly accurate (as I unfortunately know), and worth watching as a lesson that this can happen in your family or someone you know.
Yes!! I was never really a real fan tho until after Big Little Lies ...it was beyond phenomenal and it's like I'm looking for her in all the good movies now😅🤦♀️
I saw the film today and this a truly impressive piece of work. A very sad and moving film, well acted by everybody, and though his role was brief, it was still long enough for Sir Anthony Hopkins to give yet another outstanding performance.
I saw this when it was 1st released.. so tender and very moving. Not sure whether or not to show it to my son who has been battling with depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts for 14 months now...
What a movie, so powerful! I actually always skipped this movie, but today I decided to watch it and is so powerful and as a father it hits, be aware of your kids!
I have just finished watching it. SPOILERS. It made me tear up. As a girl with 19 years old, who suffers from anorexia, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, you can't imagine how much this movie has helped me. Thanks God I have help from professionals. The scene when the boy refuses to be in the hospital was so personal to me. I also didn't wanted to be interned in the hospital I am, and refused to go and told my parents that I was okay, but thanks god my parents did it. Now I still suffer with those thoughts and anorexia and all that stuff I named, but I have help, and this movie made me realize that if I ever did what I thought to do, maybe I would have limited myself from being extraordinary (as the last scene where the dad is imagining his son never attempted suicide and he got to be a writer as he had always wished). It's so emotional. I recommend y'all watching it.
Very well made movie. I’m glad that Netflix didn’t give it away in the description. It’s a long, very well paced movie. Enough pace to really feel the hard emotions at the end.❤️
@@gretaweiss6802 maybe, but I’ve seen so many people say these things about Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Steve Carrell, etc. “they’re always making amazing movies” like bruh they’re not making anything 😂😂 they’re just good actors doing what they’re told to do
I watched this movie in a united airplane about two weeks ago and I gotta say, best movie I've ever watched. As a teenage boy, I can relate and understand the things that Nicholas goes through. My parents split up when I was 4 and that made me lose my mind for a while. I always think that my dad left my mom because I was born and he didn't want to deal with me. My best friend and I got into a fight when I was 13(she was 14) over how I rejected her because I liked boys and I never thought of her as more than a friend. The topic of our mother's came out somehow and I told her that it would have been better if she just died, that her mother would be happier and that my mom would stop comparing me to her and telling me how she was better than me. She killed herself 2 days later, on Valentines day. I was a really social and extroverted person until then, but I became reserved and quiet after that. My teacher noticed my grades went form straight A's to C's and D's and sent me to the school psychologist every Wednesday. I didn't really get better though, talking to people who are not my age or younger then 25 made me a bit nervous, cause normally, they never understood me at all. When I turned 14, I moved schools and started getting good grades again but I barely slept or ate anything, maybe one meal and one hour of sleep a day? Still do it sometimes. People thought I was mute, I never said a word until this year on january, when I saw this guy trying to kill himself and I had to talk him out of it. He is my classmate and when he heard my voice, he said he was glad to be the first person to hear it this year, tbh, that made me feel special in a way. Now we talk from time to time. I still feel like shit though, and I think "maybe it'll get better tomorrow". But it doesn't. I'm tired, and I don't think I can live for much longer. My family is homiphobic to where I'm gay. They hate me and I hate myself as well.
Your experience with the friend you saved was life telling you that your life is important and has meaning, you may have lost a friend with your harsh words but you redeemed yourself by saving another, we all make mistakes (I've made plenty) but life is about accepting and making peace with the hand life dealt us and trying to do the best we can with integrity and grace. Don't let how your parents and the world treat you determine your self worth, you came here for a reason and I think a part of that was specifically to learn resilience and it takes a LOT of pain to get there, this is the most turbulent time of your life right now (emotionally) but it does get easier as you learn to become resilient and make peace with life no matter how unfair and unjust it may seem, that's how life builds your character and self worth, it comes from your will, everything you experience in life is a reflection of your will. From my experience eventually you'll see it as a blessing in disguise and you'll look back and be grateful because it'll make you who you were meant to become 💜
@@aliciaorduna2010 I just lost someone close again, about 3 days after I commented this. I just want this to end, I don't wanna live to see someone else die, I'm tired of it.
@@army4ever117 just like the previous comment, just take one day at a time. I know it's been hard for you throughout you're entire life but you are loved by me and everyone else that has replied to your comment. Keep going day by day, talk to the right people and it'll get easier. 💜
I recently finished watching this awesome movie which shows a great depiction of chronic depression. I just about thought I was watching myself in the movie. I've suffered depression since as far back as I can remember. I had a lot of problems in school - grade, junior high, high school and even college. When I was a teenager, I remember going into the bathroom and I was seriously considering - well you know - take a wild guess. But at the time I believed in God and feared God and that was 1 thing that really kept me from attempting it.
There use to be a time in our history when parents were more concerned about their children rather than themselves. Where we didn't substitute 'things' for their time and attention. You are worthy and so are your children. We must do better. Soon we'll have no choice.
Imma teenage boy. Having family problems on my own . I grew up on a broken family, my dad is a complete A hole, but with the help of God, I found peace and forgiven him. After watching this movie, I recalled unto my past. I just lost too much for a very young age of 4. Starting from how my dad abandoned us. I had friends, but now all of them are dead due to an incident, and im the only one who survived, Im currently at the age of 16 right now, and in April18 , I will turn 17, the same age of Nicholas. I understand the pain. Pain of losing your family, I do have contact from my dad( he already has other family). So yes, I know how it hurts...Sometimes I ask myself , why? Where did I go wrong? What have I done to deserve this? Why is this things happening to me? Does God really have a plan? But I do trust him, sometimes it's always better to have something to cope with...... I wish things were different. So this is just how life works? Im just....Confused. I don't know what to do.
There is a God and He has a plan for you. Please read the Bible & Book of Mormon. There are true stories in the scriptures that will help you see that heroes have not had a perfect life. This is a good time to pray to your Father in Heaven in the name of Jesus Christ & thank Him for all the things you can. Ask Him how you are doing. Let Him know you want His help. This is a good time to know God, the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ & the Holy Ghost - you will not be disappointed - their promises are sure & their love is sure. May God bless you.
What an amazing film! To the best of our abilities we have to try to do good by our kids. The teen years are very difficult due to all the hormonal changes our bodies go through so as parents we have to stay connected to our kids and spend as much quality time with them as possible
I just watched this movie on the plane. So depressing(no pun intended), but it tells a much needed story that many need to see and hear. Phenomenal acting from the cast. My eyes watery at the end, wow.
Went through something similar where I was cutting myself and just down right sad all the time and went to a psychiatric ward I wanted to leave so bad but my parents said "this will help you get better" so I had to stay and it did eventually work out. I think that was a message Florian was trying to convey. That if your child or someone you know is like this get them help and no matter how hard it is to see them like that. Do not take them home.
I will not forget this sentence that the son says to the father: "when you hurt my mother, you hurt me." Esta película deja muchas reflexiones, padres no abandonen a sus hijos, si se enamoran de otra mujer porque les importo más nuevo sexo que la familia, no abandonen a sus hijos. El destino se los cobrara tarde o temprano, y si tienen un hijo en depresion, dediquen todo el tiempo del mundo en ayudarlo. Recomiendo esta película al 100%. Hermosa!
@@michaelmichael8314 you are old school... if you grow up without a father or he abandon you then you are no son to him. You are just another sperm that he disposed.
It’s April 2024; just finished watching. Well done movie; heart breaking. Great acting! Hugh Jackman is a tip top actor. I live in the So. Cal mountain rural area and to see how wealthy folk in the big city live leaves me empty. Windows that look out at a brick wall ten feet away and a drainage pipe; or a city sidewalk and building across from their apartment dwellers would probably be paying 10K a month to have. No back yard or tree or bird in sight. Ugh, so many like living in dense populations relying on all services and the noise. Yet cities exist bcuz people like living in them even on their own b4 the government simply forces all into cities.
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I just finished watching this movie. Somehow I managed to hold back tears especially in the end. A must watch on matters pertaining to depression (especially children) and suicide. The movie was so well done.
This is why it's important that both the husband and wife get along and are respectful during a divorce because it can mentally harm young children. The children must know that things wont get bad and they will all continue to have a good relationship.
Excellent acting by all ! Jackman with his commanding voice gives color to all emotions. Tragic for a child to feel hindrance or unwanted. Same thoughts to me as a child of such a family. Fortunately faith in Christ prevented me from such a sad end. What's done is done. Life itself is a constant opportunity for the best, while the violent end destroys everything. Congratulations to the creators!
You said, "This movie brought me to tears! This is a very powerful picture! Both films: "Father" and "Son" - are perceived emotionally, touch painful wounds in the soul!..."
Just watched this. Such a great movie! This movie will take you on an emotional roller coaster.Great acting ,well written flick 2 thumbs up .If thus movie doesn’t make you cry you’re not normal.
@@DaZi19 That would be my sincere advice: read good books(bible, Dostoevsky, Hugo, Hemingway, Mark Twain others) get high values and goals, get into christian education, orthodox Christianity specifically(a very underrated value nowadays and one of the most powerful and benefiting things ever), there are lines about humor. Be responsible and live life with open eyes, don't be blinded however comfortable it might be.
Waw....I have no words. This movie is not made for you to see but to feel everything. It goes right into your mind, activating something in you like pain, guilt , regret, shame, awareness of life and own actions. You will wake up after watching this movie, and you will remain in silent meditation for a few good minutes after movies ends. Hand down for acting, especially Hugh J. and the kid.
This is so weird. i am Estonian. I saw this same story in one of our theatres two years ago. I really enjoyed it. It is just weird that we had something before a Hollywood movie. Definitely will go to see the film. It is a really good story that allows for a lot of good acting. A basic and simple story really, but really well written and performed. Greetings from Estonia
Actually, I've seen a number of good foreign films (writing from the USA here) that were remade by hollywood; but, I've usually liked the original version better, even though I had to read the subtitles. Story telling is a universal art.
