James Walton

Bravely shows that depressed people can be quite annoying: The Son reviewed

Florian Zeller's latest film adaptation is less intelligent than The Father but just as powerful emotionally

The son Nicholas (Zen McGrath), proving that depressed people can be, among other things, quite annoying
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