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Drama

Favorite Son

- There's no place like home.

A story of family, of dreams deferred, and of a final chance at redemption. Frustrated with his waning baseball career, David returns to his hometown and becomes obsessed with a local lovely, reaching out to her troubled son. When David is rejected, the townsfolk gossip about his relationship with the boy.

Release Date : 2008-09-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Pablo Schreiber

Character Name : David

Original Name : Pablo Schreiber

Gender : Male

Connor Paolo

Character Name : Ross

Original Name : Connor Paolo

Gender : Male

Kellie Overbey

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Kellie Overbey

Gender : Female

Richard Bekins

Character Name : Coach William Huston

Original Name : Richard Bekins

Gender : Male

Brian Hotaling

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Brian Hotaling

Gender : Male

Ian Hyland

Character Name : Henry

Original Name : Ian Hyland

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

When "David" (Pablo Schreiber) returns to his hometown after a decent minor-league baseball career, his welcome is less that warm. Keen to put down some roots, he meets and falls for "Joan" (Kellie Overbey) who has a teenage son "Ross" (Connor Paolo) - a lad who probably needs a father figure. "David" struggles to get any traction from the woman and when he starts to spend more time with the somewhat rebellious youth, people - including "Joan" - start to jump to some conclusions, especially when the two men go swimming in an out of the way lake. It's at this stage that the plot becomes a little more interesting; the melodrama ebbs a little and we are left with quite a menacing undercurrent of predatory behaviour that could leave the young man particularly vulnerable from an authority figure trusted by all. Sadly, though the film ends well enough, the vast majority of this is just a rather mundane rite-of-passage type thing with no stand out performances (except, perhaps for the young Paolo) and a dialogue that is very pedestrian. It does look good, but any half decent cinematographer ought to have been able to deliver that, given the beauty of their rural surroundings. It tries to deal with subjects well worth exposure, but this is all just too superficial to make any lasting contribution.