The Good Son (1993)
Before Elijah Wood became a hobbit he was a child actor and stared in this film with Macaulay Culkin playing his evil cousin. Following the death of the future hobbit's mother he is packed off for two weeks with his cousins while his dad goes to do some business deal. It seems that his cousin has an evil side and tricks people into blaming the new kid in the household for his own actions.
The film starts out as one of those bad Disney kids films they make before trying to turn into a psychological thriller but the problem is that it does neither of these things well. Due to the content this film clearly is not suitable for kids (it is 18 rated in the UK) and as a thriller it is just not scary or dark enough. A lot is asked in terms of performance from the children and I do not think that the pedestrian direction helps matters at all. Evil kids can be really dark and unsettling but there is just no atmosphere or tone to this movie at all.
2/5 find something better to do with your time.
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