
The police are called to a murder scene and quickly discover that the murderer, the victim's son, is holed up in his house with two hostages. Through a series of interviews with both the murderer's fiancée and his theatre director the police piece together a picture of a man losing touch with reality.... (Full plot summary below)
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The police are called to a murder scene and quickly discover that the murderer, the victim's son, is holed up in his house with two hostages. Through a series of interviews with both the murderer's fiancée and his theatre director the police piece together a picture of a man losing touch with reality.
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| Time OutKeith UhlichIt’s likely that only Herzog would dare to, and succeed at, resolving this singular cinematic object by contemplating the fate of an abandoned basketball. |
| Movie RetrieverBrian TallericoIt's more of a curiosity than an actual film and barely even works as that. For hardcore Lynch or Herzog fans only and even they should be prepared for something of a disappointment. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA film that gets increasingly under our skin as it goes along, tying up loose ends along the way while leaving other things maddeningly out of reach |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoAs nutty as you'd expect when two of our most eccentric auteurs join forces. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertConfounds all convention and denies all expected pleasures, providing instead the delight of watching Herzog feed the police hostage formula into the Mixmaster of his imagination. |
| Time OutTom HuddlestonMy Son, My Son... may be a minor work in the Herzog canon but it's still one of the more fascinating, frustrating, disturbing and beautiful experiences available to cinemagoers this year. |
| Electric SheepAlexander PashbyThis is a must for Herzog and Lynch fans. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerEnjoyably weird thriller that's a treat for fans of both Herzog and Lynch, with a superb script and great performances from a terrific ensemble cast. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThis is Herzog pursuing ideas that fascinate him almost without recourse to whether or not they "work"... wildly interesting, almost too interesting to handle. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonPlays like an unholy offspring of both maverick outsiders, filled with unsettling, dreamlike moments, but also plenty of dark laughs. |