The Good Son

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Theatrical Release Date:

12/31/1993

DVD Release Date:

02/03/2004

Run Time:

87min.

Starring:

Macaulay Culkin , Elijah Wood , Wendy Crewson , David Morse , Daniel Hugh Kelly

Director(s):

Joseph Ruben

MPAA Rating:

R for acts of violence and terror involving a disturbed child.

Genre(s):

Drama,Thriller

Plot: Macaulay Culkin tries for a change of pace playing a schoolyard psychotic in The Good Son. When 12-year-old son Mark (Elijah Wood) is his mother's side as she's dying of cancer, she makes him promise her that she won't die. Read More

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