The Son could have been a dramatic home run that effortlessly explored anxiety, parental break-ups, and contemporary debates around generational anxiety.
With veteran screenwriter Christopher Hampton on board, this should have been plain sailing as the Oscar-winning scribe fashioned a work of genuine poignancy. Alongside writer-director Florian Zeller, The Son should have been nothing short of peerless as it sought to explore fractured relationships. With a young actor in the role who intimately dissected every element of on-screen anxiety, this should have been another home run to complement The Father, as it delicately explored a hot potato topic.
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