Nobel Son (2008)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:14
Rotten:42
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Despite the best efforts of a strong cast, Nobel Son is over-plotted and self-consciously odd.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Randall Miller's NOBEL SON is an ultra-stylized comic thriller with so many twists it could make David Mamet blush. The film opens at the midway point for a quick jolt of violence, then backs up... [More]
Starring: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Randall Miller
Reviews for Nobel Son
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Rickman's a professorial womanizer who's not above turning a "C" student's grade to "A" if she looks like City Hall (Eliza Dushku) and puts out. Full Review |
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 3/4 |
I have no idea how all the scenes in this movie connect. But I loved watching it unfold. Full Review |
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You want to see how it plays out, but it's just frustrating to wade through all the "style" to get there. Full Review |
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1/5 |
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68/100 |
Its 110 minutes are a totally disposable piece of fluff, but perhaps more importantly, also a whole lot of fun. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Never feels like anything more than an über-nerd desperately trying to be cool -- like watching Jon Heder pretending to be James Bond. Full Review |
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The screenplay starts out clever enough, but devolves into a ridiculous mishmash of incoherent subplots. Full Review |
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Director Miller employs high-octane music and the technique of high speed filming for certain sequences, which I suppose is a blessing since they shorten the running time. Full Review |
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Is it a thriller? Is it a heist movie? Is it a comedy? Full Review |
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I had high hopes for Nobel Son at the halfway point, but it ultimately really completely collapses under the weight of its clever twists. Full Review |
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It's one of those perfect-crime kinda flicks, wrapped up in familial angst as a black-comedy topping. That it's all rather ridiculous and overly complicates itself in the process is almost beside the point... Full Review |
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Gets more and more convoluted and preposterous as it goes along, and far less fun...a movie that, despite the title, will win no prizes. Full Review |
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An undignified mess that should embarrass Rickman and everyone else involved. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It's the sort of movie where calling it 'over the top' can only be taken as a compliment. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Nobel Son wins the prize for best Guy Ritchie copycat. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It might not win any awards, but it’s a highly entertaining way to spend an evening. Full Review |
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An absolutely abysmal crime flick. Full Review |
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The plot twists are mostly predicated on the characters' improbably shifting loyalties, the sort of thing you can get away with only when the people in your movie are drained of all compassion. Full Review |
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