Nobel Son

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Nobel Son

R,

2008,

1h 50m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Comedy

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25%

63 Reviews

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44%

2,500+ Ratings

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25%

Tomatometer

63 Reviews

44%

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2,500+ Ratings

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father (Alan Rickman) wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson (Bryan Greenberg) is kidnapped by Thaddeus James (Shawn Hatosy), 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.

Critics Consensus

Despite the best efforts of a strong cast, Nobel Son is over-plotted and self-consciously odd.

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

Dec 5, 2008

.5/4

An absolutely abysmal crime flick.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Dec 5, 2008

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.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Dec 5, 2008

C-

It's one of those films stuffed with odd characters in overblown situations. Unfortunately, you don't care about any of them.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

6/10

With its constant genre-morphing subplots, psychotic characters, and unordered narrative, it will keep audiences guessing all the way through.

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Jan 11, 2010

1.5/5

The writing is hopelessly obtuse, and it seems that the writer was just trying to pull a fast one on the audience.

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William Goss

Cinematical

Dec 17, 2009

Smug and glib and generally apathetic as to who gets what in the end, so long as it seems clever at the time.

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George G

Jul 8, 2017

Reasonable film but a bit too confusing and complicated for me.

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Randall Miller

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Alan Rickman

Eli Michaelson

Bryan Greenberg

Barkley Michaelson

Shawn Hatosy

Thaddeus James

Mary Steenburgen

Sarah Michaelson

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Synopsis

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father (Alan Rickman) wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson (Bryan Greenberg) is kidnapped by Thaddeus James (Shawn Hatosy), 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: Randall Miller
Producer: Randall Miller, Jody Savin
Screenwriter: Jody Savin, Randall Miller
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Unclaimed Freight
Rating: R (Violent Images|Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 5, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $333.9K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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