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6.1Soon 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.
Released: 2007-04-28110 minDir: Randall MillerComedy, Crime, DramaBudget: $4.0MBox office: $550,782
Cast
- Alan Rickman as Eli Michaelson
- Bryan Greenberg as Barkley Michaelson
- Shawn Hatosy as Thaddeus James
- Eliza Dushku as City Hall
- Bill Pullman as Max Mariner
- Mary Steenburgen as Sarah Michaelson
Themes
- mask
- ransom
- kidnapping
- photography
- nobel prize
- college
- poet
- half-brother
- revenge
- brother against brother
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
6,200 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
25%
Metacritic
28/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 110.0
- FilmAffinity ID
- 893896
- Official website
- www.nobelson.com
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- publication date
- 2007-04-28
- title
- Nobel Son
- review score
- 28/100
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Connections
Randall Miller
Entity
New York City
City
Nobel Prize
Concept
IMDb
Entity
The New York Times
Entity
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Entity
Roger Ebert
Entity
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Entity
Alan Rickman
Person
Danny DeVito
Entity
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
black comedy
Entity
Box Office Mojo
Entity
Metacritic
Entity
Eliza Dushku
Entity
Mary Steenburgen
Person
cameo appearance
Entity
Bill Pullman
Entity
promiscuity
Entity
Ted Danson
Person
Categories
2007 American films2007 black comedy films2007 crime thriller films2007 English-language films2007 filmsAmerican black comedy filmsEnglish-language black comedy filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsFilms about fictional Nobel laureatesFilms about kidnapping in the United StatesFilms directed by Randall MillerTemplate film date with 2 release dates