Nobel Son

Nobel Son

2007 · 110 min · EN · R · 6.1 (107 votes)
Dir. Randall Miller · Starring Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman, Mary Steenburgen · Music Paul Oakenfold

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ComedyCrimeDrama

Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.

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A bizarre, darkly funny crime caper where sibling rivalry escalates into a twisted kidnapping plot. Expect offbeat characters and a sense of escalating, almost theatrical, absurdity as family secrets unravel.

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