The Good Son

In the highway wreck scene, several of the car windows blow out before they are actually hit.

Mark's grip on Henry's mother's arm at the end.

The jacket Mark wears when locked in the study is not the same as the one he wears when he emerges on the porch (a scene explaining this was deleted).

Just as Henry pushes his mother over the edge of the cliff, you can see the thin black cable she is hanging from.

When Henry is kicking Mark at the dinner table, Mark's right hand moves between shots.

The bed shown in Richard's room at the beginning of the movie, seen by Mark, is not the same bed or bed spread shown later in the movie when the mother and father are in Richard's room.

Obvious stunt double of Henry in the long shot of the fall from the cliff.

Culkin seems taller and has a slightly different haircut.

The dog on the bridge barks but the sound doesn't match it's mouth.

When they first fire the crossbow at the cat, and the bolt hits the tree, there is a obvious wire that the bolt traveled on sticking out the head of the bolt.

Support cable visible in the shot where Susan is pushed off the cliff.

Through out the entire film, Henry's haircut changes multiple times.

When Henry pushes Susan off the ridge, the cable by which she slides down and which she hangs on is clearly visible.

After a leashless dog chases the kids on the bridge, it is shown barking behind a closed gate.

For a brief moment a leash can be seen which reveals that the dog is tied up.

The same shot of a Chevrolet Caprice sliding into a blue car, and then a Ford LTD into those is used twice in the freeway wreck scene, from different angles.

The final wide shot of the freeway wreck has all of the vehicles in positions that are completely different to how they ended up in close-ups of the crashes.

Close-up shot of the Caprice station wagon hitting the snow mobile trailer in the freeway wreck scene clearly shows a completely empty road beyond, even though in every other shot there are multiple vehicles approaching and crashing.

Device visible on the windshield of car (above rear-view mirror) to help it shatter when the vehicle crashes into the overturned camper during the freeway wreck scene.

In the first wide shot of the freeway wreck, the Ford pick-up with trailer rear-ends the first car and follows it sideways off the road.

In the close-up of the station wagon hitting the trailer, the first car is gone and the pick-up is back on the road, before sliding off again.

When Henry and Mark are climbing the tree at the start of the film, a crew member can be seen, dressed all in black, helping Mark on to the platform.

During the crash scene, the rear window breaks out of a blue station wagon moments before it is actually hit.

The run time is a little too short to fully flesh out the ideas but it's definitely an enjoyable ride. A really solid thriller that gets darker than you might expect.

I honestly don't know why this film actually sucked but, i think this wasn't the best movie that Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood have ever done in their beginning careers. They looked really cute but really, they really shouldn't have been in a movie that isn't boring and messing up your head.

It must have taken some balls to make "The Good Son" - a change-of-pace if there ever was one - right at the peak of Macaulay Culkin's popularity as a wholesome, family-friendly child star, but the gamble paid off: this movie has held up very well over the years. Fluidly directed by the unheralded Joseph Ruben, with sweeping camera work and a vivid sense of place that makes the location another character, with a script that builds the suspense gradually towards a memorable cliffhanger (literally) of a climax, and further aided by a rich music score by the legendary Elmer Bernstein, this is one of the most successful thrillers of its era.

As a fan of Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin, I was looking forward to a movie with both of them in it. And I think I'm satisfied enough.

Ever see Atonement? The same screenwriter, Ian McEwan, also wrote this movie, which is all about exactly how we always figured Kevin McCallister was going to turn out.

While some kids can act.........Wood.

I know it become Xmas must have on public tv- that's the anchor but personally this movie every time makes me smile, it shows times before 2000' so twin tower, different way of thinking, full of silly goofs - nowa days everything has to be done till the last button and this takes away the space for mistakes, it sucks fun of it.

Not an oscar contender but a decent thriller, we were entertained and really liked the ending. Macaulay culkin doesn't play his normal role here but does a decent job anyway, Elijah wood is exceptional!!

Young 12-year-old Mark is like any other normal kid. Unfortunate circumstances lead to his mothers death, this happens right before Mark's father has a business trip of uber importance which sends him overseas to Tokyo, Japan.