The Good Son

The Good Son1993

The Good Son is a 1993 film about a boy who is suffering from the traumatic loss of his mother (Mark Evans, played by Elijah Wood) and goes to stay with family in Maine while his dad is on a business trip out of the country. While there, he learns h… more »



Alice:
Susan told me you were here. I guess you forgot our appointment.

Mark:
I just didn't feel like talking.

Alice:
Talking helps. It helped the last time, didn't it?

Mark:
You're a doctor. You know things.

Alice:
Well, some things.

Mark:
What do you think? What makes people evil?

Alice:
"Evil" is a word people use when they've given up trying to understand someone. There's a reason for everything if we can just find it.

Mark:
What if there isn't a reason? What if something just is?

Alice:
Why, Mark? Do you think you're evil? Cos you let your mother die? You know that's not true.

Mark:
What if there was this boy? And he did these terrible things because he liked doing them? Wouldn't you say he was evil?

Alice:
I don't believe in evil.

Mark:
You should.

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