Nobel Son

Nobel Son is a film about the dysfunctional Michaelson family, who battle lust, betrayal and revenge. Barkley Michaelson feels like his life is going nowhere. He can't even finish his PhD thesis and to top it off his father, who is an unfaithful husband, has recently won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and it has gone to his head. The night before his father is set to receive the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the kidnappers ask for a ransom of $2 million— the exact amount of his father's prize money. What happens when his father refuses to pay?Yahoo! Movies: Nobel Son

• "Nobel Son is a dreary little thriller that irritates more than it thrills. When you look at the cast, headed by Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman and Danny DeVito, you have to wonder: What were they thinking? Could it be that they're friends of the director, Randall Miller? If so, they did him no favor by helping this sorry mess to get made."—San Fransisco ChronicleSF Gate: Nobel Son a Little Too Cutesy (December 5, 2008)

• "A fine line separates the super smart from the super psycho, and a lot of people are dancing on it in Nobel Son."—Washington PostWashington Post: Son Too Much Drama (December 5, 2008)

• Alan Rickman: Eli Michaelson
• Bryan Greenberg: Barkley Michaelson
• Shawn Hatosy: Thaddeus James
• Mary Steenburgen: Sarah Michaelson
• Bill Pullman: Max Mariner
• Eliza Dushku: City Hall
• Danny DeVito: Gastner
• Ted Danson: Harvey Parrish
• Ernie Hudson: Lasasso
• Tracey Walter: Simon Ahrens
• Lindy Booth: Beth
• Kevin West: Jaundice