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Nobel Son (2007)

Director: Randall Miller

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From Time Out New York

Alan Rickman always plays odious but smart with sangfroid. Channeling his performances as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd and Severus Snape from the Harry Potter films, he’s in his element in Nobel Son as a prizewinning, lecherous professor who tries to ignore the phone when his son Barkley (Greenberg) is kidnapped and held for ransom. Director Randall Miller shows off some Paul Greengrass–style camerawork: A handheld is whisked around Barkley as he gets some rough duct-tape treatment, and brutality is meted out at a blurry, fast-cut rate. A revved-up techno soundtrack from Paul Oakenfold complements the pace as the plot turns to outrageous counterplot and revenge.

Author: Anna King

Time Out New York Issue 688: December 4 - 10, 2008


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  • Freddy said...
    Posted on Mar 04 2009 21:54 Film starts very interesting, while it's drama and it has a lot of acting potentials. But unfortunately film suddenly turns into something else which is not action or drama but some sort of comic thriller which is not funny at all and boring. Characters turn out to be two dimensional and constant techno music makes it look like music video. A real disappointment. When I saw what actors play in it I thought it'll be some interesting drama.
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