History Film / TheGoodSon

** Mark's father leaving him with relatives so he can go on a business trip. ''Immediately after his son's mother died.'' The Nostalgia Critic was quick to point out how reprehensible that was.

* ChekhovsGun: Well, more like Chekhov's Cliff.

* EvilIsHammy: [[AvertedTrope I'm afraid not.]]

The movie was critically hated, being called a thoroughly creepy, unpleasant experience. The movie was a modest box office hit. It had a relatively small production budget and earned about 60,5 million dollars in the worldwide market. About 45 million of these dollars came from the United States market, where it was the 31st most successful film of its year. Elijah Wood won a Saturn Award for his performance in this film.

* AxCrazy: Henry.

* CardCarryingVillain: Henry.

* CreepyChild: Henry.

* EnfantTerrible: Again Henry.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry.

* KidsAreCruel: Henry for the sixth time.

* ManipulativeBastard: Henry.

* ObviouslyEvil: '''Henry'''.

* AffablyEvil: Henry's a pretty easy going and friendly guy as long as you can ignore the fact that he is a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]] [[AxCrazy Psycho]][[CompleteMonster pathic]] [[LameComeback Jerk]].

** Not to mention Mark's father leaving him with relatives so he can go on a business trip. ''Immediately after his son's mother died.'' The Nostalgia Critic was quick to point out how reprehensible that was.

* AffablyEvil: Henry's a pretty easy going and friendly guy as long as you can ignore the fact that he is a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]] [[Psycho AxCrazy]] [[pathic CompleteMonster]] [[LameComeback Jerk]].

* AffablyEvil: Henry's a pretty easy going and friendly guy as long as you can ignore the fact that he is a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]] [[Psycho AxCrazy]][[pathic CompleteMonster]] [[LameComeback Jerk]].

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted. Even this trope was averted with Henry Evans. Maybe this is a possible reason, why the movie was so hated...

[[caption-width-right:212:[[CreepyChild This]] [[CompleteMonster role]] is [[PlayingAgainstType a little different]] from [[Film/HomeAlone Kevin McCallister]].]]

''The Good Son'' is a 1993 film starring [[Film/HomeAlone Macaulay Culkin]] and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elijah Wood]]. The film was directed by JosephRuben, previously known for such films as ''The Stepfather (1987) and ''Sleeping with the Enemy'' (1991).

''The Good Son'' is a 1993 film starring [[Film/HomeAlone Macaulay Culkin]] and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elijah Wood]]. The film was directed by JosephRuben, previously known for such films as "TheStepfather" (1987) and "SleepingWithTheEnemy" (1991)

* TheWoobie: Definitely Mark, he lost his mother. Then it looks like he's going to bond with his cousin Henry, only to find out that Henry is AxCrazy. Then when he tries to warn everyone about [[CreepyChild Henry]], they think he's the one who's crazy.

[[caption-width-right:212:[[CreepyChild This]] [[CompleteMonster role]] is [[PlayingAgainstType a little different]] from [[HomeAlone Kevin McCallister]].]]
''The Good Son'' is a 1993 film starring [[HomeAlone Macaulay Culkin]] and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elijah Wood]]. The film was directed by JosephRuben, previously known for such films as "TheStepfather" (1987) and "SleepingWithTheEnemy" (1991)

* ShoutOut: When they meet the first time Henry gives Mark [[Film/{{Halloween}} a white mask made of paper and glue]].

* BookEnds: The movie opens and closes on Mark standing on a large rocky hill.

The movie was critically hated, being called a [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel thoroughly creepy, unpleasant experience]]. The movie was a modest box office hit. It had a relatively small production budget and earned about 60,5 million dollars in the worldwide market. About 45 million of these dollars came from the United States market, where it was the 31st most successful film of its year. Elijah Wood won a Saturn Award for his performance in this film.

* BookEnds: The movie starts and ends with Mark standing on a large rocky hill.

* AdultsAreUseless: Really, all the signs are there but not one adult sees how off Henry is. When Mark points this out, ''he'' is labeled the crazy one.

* ObviouslyEvil: '''Henry'''

!!Tropes included:

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Brutally averted. Even this trope was averted with Henry Evans. Maybe this is a possible reason, why the movie was so hated...

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: ''Many'' critics decried the casting of Macaulay Culkin in the role thanks to his kid-friendly ''HomeAlone'' series, many children hero-worshiped him and marketing research indicated extreme interest by children in the film [[ContractualPurity entirely because of Culkin's presence]]. If the number of anecdotes by people mentioning this film gave them nightmares indicates, they probably saw it anyway in spite of the R-rating.
** People ''don't like it'' when you weaponize the break from ContractualPurity.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Even if they're children.

* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not For Kids?~=]: ''Many'' critics decried the casting of Macaulay Culkin in the role thanks to his kid-friendly ''HomeAlone'' series, many children hero-worshiped him and marketing research indicated extreme interest by children in the film [[ContractualPurity entirely because of Culkin's presence]]. If the number of anecdotes by people mentioning this film gave them nightmares indicates, they probably saw it anyway in spite of the R-rating.

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