American Son
5.9
2019
1 hr 30 min
Drama
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
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- Cast:
- Kerry Washington , Steven Pasquale , Jeremy Jordan , Eugene Lee
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If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
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Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
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