My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2009 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 6.1 · 54% critics
After killing someone close to him, a troubled young man barricades himself inside his home as police surround the neighborhood. While negotiators wait, detectives interview people from his life and retrace recent events, slowly assembling a fragmented picture of how an ordinary routine gave way to fear, delusion, and violence.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2010-07-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (226 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an offbeat, surreal crime character study that feels more like a puzzle than a thriller, similar to Naked Lunch or Under the Silver Lake; Not for you if you need clear answers and steady tension.
Pros: hypnotic surreal atmosphere; strong lead performance; dark wry humor | Cons: confusing fragmented story; slow low-tension pacing; hard to connect
Themes
- detective
- surrealism
- flashback
- murder
- crime scene
- hostage situation
- police standoff
- eccentricity
- disturbed individual
Cast & crew
Michael Shannon
as Brad McCullum
Willem Dafoe
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Chloë Sevigny
as Ingrid
Brad Dourif
as Uncle Ted
Michael Peña
as Detective Vargas
Loretta Devine
as Miss Roberts
Udo Kier
as Lee Meyers
Grace Zabriskie
as Mrs. McCullum
Irma P. Hall
as Mrs. Roberts
Jenn Liu
as Receptionist
Directed by Werner Herzog