Movie

American Son

2019 · 90 min

A claustrophobic, dialogue-driven pressure cooker that turns a police station waiting room into a stage for raw racial and marital reckoning.

Tagline: There's been an incident.
Overview: Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Race, family, grief, identity
Content: Strong language. Mild violence. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
family
grief
identity
justice
Places: workplace
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none