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08/17/02
The Son's Room (2002)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:68
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The Son's Room is a moving and contemplative study of grief.
Synopsis: Nanni Moretti's extraordinary drama THE SON'S ROOM, which won the Palme D'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, tells the harrowing story of a once tight-knit, happy family having to come to terms... [More]
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Jasmine Trinca, Guiseppe Sanfelice, Silvio Orlando
Director: Nanni Moretti
Reviews for The Son's Room
Top CriticHappily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and doesn't pummel us with phony imagery or music.
03/03/02
A moving and weighty depiction of one family's attempts to heal after the death of a child.
02/01/02
Chances are, if you were impressed by In the Bedroom, you'll be even more taken by Moretti's wrenching little film.
05/10/02
Ranks with such films as In the Bedroom, Ordinary People, and Terms of Endearment in the sensitivity with which it observes the effect a child's death on the remaining members of the family.
05/19/02
By daring to be honest and unsparing, The Son's Room is meaningful.
01/31/02
Often melancholy in tone, but it ends on a hopeful note that makes the emotionally charged trip worth the ride.
03/21/02
Moretti plays Giovanni, a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy. Too predictably, in fact.
05/30/02
Moretti's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss.
01/24/02
the "too-scripted" pieces about weighty topics in La Stanzo del figlio begin to take on the hue and cry of self-satisfaction.
10/12/01
While not as aggressively impressive as its American counterpart, "In the Bedroom," Moretti's film makes its own, quieter observations
03/04/02
...tells its story of grief with efficiency but not with a great deal of heart.
03/05/02
It's one of the saddest films I have ever seen that still manages to be uplifting but not overly sentimental.
03/11/02
The feelings it expresses hold an undeniable sense of truth and are therefore not easily dismissed.
01/28/02
It's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as The Son's Room.
02/28/02
Sometimes in a quite ordinary way a director can reach out and touch us.
03/01/02
Top CriticThis is not an easy film. But it could be, by its art and heart, a necessary one.
05/16/02
Occasionally melodramatic, it's also extremely effective.
02/01/02
While events have necessarily changed perspectives on the film, it maintains a gentle, respectful sensibility.
03/01/02
The Son's Room is a triumph of gentility that earns its moments of pathos.
03/01/02
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