In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she be willing to baby sit for his boss' daughter? Ann agrees, and she soon finds herself becoming quite fond of the little girl. However, before long, Ann discovers Tom has something less than honest up his sleeve
Acting
Amy Locane's fragile desperation carries the whole thing
Direction
Belateche's cramped framing breeds claustrophobic dread
Director
Irving Belateche
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 1990 novel 'The Good Son' by British author Celia Fremlin, not to be confused with the Macaulay Culkin film of the same name.
Released straight-to-video in the dying days of the erotic thriller boom, this represents the genre's awkward pivot toward 'respectable' psychological suspense.
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