The Son of No One

Scott Tobias

A few individual performances surviveLiotta finds a little of his old edge, and Pacino briefly revisits Serpico territorybut theyre smothered in the slow burning absurdity. ( Read More )

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Its hard to believe that a boy could kill two grown men, and its even harder to believe that Jonathan would spend every second brooding about it. ( Read More )

Tatum doesnt bring much beyond dark moodiness to his role and Pacino isnt on screen long enough to make a substantial mark. ( Read More )

Katey Rich

And I have to hand it to them the crowd stayed remarkably steady through the film, unlike the reports of But Son of No One isnt just a bizarre choice for Sundance, a festival that at least tries to support the off kilter and unusual in American filmmaking, it was a bummer of a closing night film, an utter mess that also dragged through its plot and manages to make its audience not care at all about two murders committed by a child. ( Read More )

Owen Gleiberman

Yet the more that secret comes out, the more incoherent (and ludicrous) the film gets. ( Read More )