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Nobel Son
2007
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten .. Read more
| Starring | Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen |
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| Director | Randall Miller |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
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Nobel Son
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discreet. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the end requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michel de Montaigne, the 16th century philosopher: "There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead."
| Starring | Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito, Ted Danson, Ernie Hudson, Ernie Hudson, Tracey Walter |
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| Director | Randall Miller |
| Studio | SCANBOX ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2007 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 08 Feb 2011 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jun 2010 |
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Alan Rickman always plays odious but smart with sangfroid. Channeling his performances as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd... read more on Time Out
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Absolute rubbish, implausible plot, hopeless acting, jerky and annoying camera work and brain-numbing soundtrack. If you have any self-respect give this one a ... read more »
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Entertaining but Nonsensical
I only watched this because i'm a big fan of Alan Rickman. However the film just seemed so unrealistic and it was hard to identify with any of the ... read more »
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Absolutley Superb!
This film was not what I expected at all but it was amazing. It has at least 7 plot twists that you can not see coming which makes it exciting all the way ... read more »
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Tasteless Black Comedy
Lots of stars wasted talent.Nothing worthy to say about this drivel. A drama that is in turn turgid and amoral. Hyped up to be cool and upbeat, all it does is ... read more »
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Nobel Son
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PHD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose ...
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