The Good Son is a 1993 American thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by English novelist Ian McEwan. The film stars Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood. In Arizona, 12-year-old Mark Evans is playing a soccer game, until his father Jack appears and takes him to the hospital to visit his dying mother, Janice. After her death, Jack tries to console his son, but to no avail as Mark maintains the belief that his mother will return. Having been assigned for a business trip to Tokyo, Japan, Jack takes Mark to stay with his brother Wallace and sister-in-law Susan . Upon reaching the... Evans' house in Maine, Mark is re-introduced to his extended family, including his cousins Connie and Henry . Mark and Henry get along at first, and Henry seems to be nice and well-mannered. In discussing the death of Mark's mother and that of Henry's baby brother Richard, however, Henry expresses an abnormal fascination with death, making Mark uneasy.
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| Release date: | September 24, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Joseph Ruben |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 87 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mary Ann Page, Joseph Ruben |
| Editor: | George Bowers |
| Music by: | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | John Lindley, John Lindley |
| Screenplay by: | Ian McEwan |
| Estimated budget: | $17,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |