SummaryThe film opens as officers arrive at the scene of a typical middle-class neighborhood in San Diego. The suspect has barricaded himself inside a home and appears to have taken hostages. Two of his friends arrive, but too late. As they and their neighbors try to come to grips with what has happened, they tell their stories to the detective in cha... Read More
Directed By:Werner Herzog
Written By:Herbert Golder, Werner Herzog
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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59
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It’s likely that only Herzog would dare to, and succeed at, resolving this singular cinematic object by contemplating the fate of an abandoned basketball.
75
As nutty as you'd expect when two of our most eccentric auteurs join forces.
70
Everything about this berserk, essentially static procedural is just crazy enough to be true. In any case, Herzog has gone beyond Good and Evil to reinvent himself as a candidate for the wiggiest director of comedy in America today.
60
If someone else had made "My Son," it would be just another crime thriller based on a true story. But with Werner Herzog behind the camera, it's a head-scratcher from start to finish.
50
By the end of this film/experiment/prank – which, to be blunt, is pretty unsatisfying – the viewer is left to ponder what it's all about, and what its purpose may have been, which, knowing Lynch and Herzog, might well be what it was about, and what its purpose was.
50
While watching Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done you might be tempted to murmur, “My Werner, My Werner, What Have Ye Done.”
30
Even Herzog loyalists will have to concede that this fact-based 2009 hostage drama is a serious dud.
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Jun 8, 2013
10
Extremely good **** of the most modern and brilliant story telling I saw in the last decade. Very very good actors (and what a great casting brilliant directing, excellent editing, beautiful work on the soundtrack and very strong story. Well, I totally understand that lots of people will not be able to understand this movie. Produced by David Lynch, directed by Werner Herzog. Man, if you like to walk in the zone, you'll get it and will not regret it.
Jan 28, 2012
3
A film overflowing with ambition but Herzog's crazy back storys about nothing quickly loose their novelty and the close to 2 hour running time becomes a drag. I still look forward to a Herzog film however. Over ambition is not always a good thing and My son my son what have ye done is a perfect example.
