Favorite Son

  • Drama
9/30/2008
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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.

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    • Geronimo1967

      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 m...

      April 4, 2022

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