The Son's Room

2002 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.

Scores

Overall Score
64.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
57.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
63.2%
Review Aggregate
80.6

Critic Consensus

86.1% Fresh • 79 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 86% of 79 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, emotional, lighthearted. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

family-friendlyemotionallightheartedrealisticvisually strikingtragicupliftingcharacter-drivengritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Nanni Moretti2002$125,000$217,000(est)
Laura Morante2002$77,000$134,000(est)
Jasmine Trinca2002$58,000$101,000(est)
Giuseppe Sanfelice2002$47,000$82,000(est)
Silvio Orlando2002$40,000$70,000(est)
Stefano Accorsi2002$36,000$62,000(est)
Claudia Della Seta2002$32,000$56,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score85.0
RT critic review count85
Rotten Tomatoes audience score81.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes22,279

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2002$1,016,340$1,772,239
International2002$10,751,062$18,747,127
Worldwide2002$11,767,402$20,519,366

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2002$4,808,595$8,384,970
Digital Rentals ?2002$9,000$15,694
Digital Purchases ?2002N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2002$9,721,000$16,950,960
Physical Purchases ?2002$18,126,000$31,607,150
TV & Streaming Revenue2002$406,536$708,896
Total Revenues2002$33,071,131$57,667,669
Expenses
Budget ?2002$8,956,000 (est)$15,616,994 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2002$3,426,000 (est)$5,974,076 (est)
Participations2002$1,323,000$2,306,977
Residuals ?2002$2,072,000$3,613,043
Interest & Overhead2002$1,791,200$3,123,399
Total Expenses2002$17,568,200$30,634,488
Movie Net Profit or Loss2002$15,502,931$27,033,182

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