Sonny

Film superstar Nicolas Cage's directing debut, Sonny follows a very unconventional family as they struggle to overcome personal and financial adversity. Young Sonny (James Franco) returns home to New Orleans from Army service to find his mother Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), a prostitute, in dire financial ...more

A disappointing effort from Nicolas Cage in his directorial debut, Sonny doesn't have much of a story, isn't acted particularly well, and is written in a way that repeatedly telegraphs the next scene or line. Early on in the film, it's made very clear to the audience in a conversation between the lead, Sonny (James Franco), and Henry (Harry Dean Stanton), that there is something about their relationship that Henry hasn't expressed to Sonny. This turns into a dramatic revelation to Sonny near the ...more