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The Good Son

Summary: A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and becomes friends with his cousin, a boy of the same age who shows increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.

Release Date: September 24, 1993

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Joseph Ruben

Writer: Ian McEwan

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Video, Fox Network, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 44,789,789

International: $ 15,823,219

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actor breaking typecast animal abuse attempted drowning attempted matricide attempted murder attempted sororicide aunt nephew relationship bedtime story blond boy bolt gun boy breaking a window bridge brother sister relationship brutality business trip car accident car crash car pileup cat chased by a dog child fratricide child hero child in jeopardy child protagonist child psychiatrist child smoking cigarette child swearing child villain child's bedroom childhood trauma cigarette smoking cliff confession confrontation cousin cousin relationship crossbow cruelty darkness dead boy dead dog death death of child death of mother death of son death of title character death threat deception desert disbelieving adult dog duel dummy dying mother ends with narration evil child evil smile face slap falling from height falling into frozen water falling through ice falling to death family in jeopardy father son relationship fight on the edge of a cliff fight to the death framed photograph fratricide friend friendship frozen lake funeral girl good versus evil grief hanging from a cliff hate hide and seek highway hospital ice skating jealousy jeep jigsaw puzzle killer child killing a dog kitchen liar lifting someone into the air lobster locked in a room loss of child loss of mother loss of son maine manipulation mask mental illness mischief mother murders own child mother son relationship murder murder of a child opening in the ice paranoia physical abuse psychological torture psychopath random violence real life brother and sister playing brother and sister real life siblings as fictional siblings rescue rescue from drowning road trip rubber duck sadism sadist scissors scuffle shed sliding down a rope small town snow soccer sociopath stalking suspense tension terminal illness tragic villain treehouse uncle nephew relationship underage smoking vandalism villain as protagonist weeping well winter woman in jeopardy

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