Sonny

Name: Sonny
Genre: Drama
Released: 1922-05-22
Rating: 10

Drama1h 10m

🍅21%

🍅

21%

Tomatometer

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41%

Popcornmeter

10.0

TMDB

Storyline

Two men who bear a striking resemblance to each befriend each other while stationed in France during WWI. One is fatally fatally wounded and requests makes a dying request to his doppelganger to take on his identity.

Details

DirectorHenry King

ReleasedMay 22, 1922

StatusReleased

Original language

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

1 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“Sonny is sunk by debuting director Nicolas Cage's evident inability to locate the heart of his movie's story - or properly modulate his cast's performances.”

21% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Glenn Kenny

RTPremiere MagazineSep 17, 2003

Too defensive and earnest about its topic to be either fun or illuminating.

Jan Stuart

RTNewsdayDec 27, 2002

Actors generally make good actor's directors, but Sonny is a mixed bag in that department.

Michael Agger

RTSlateDec 27, 2002

Nicolas Cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray, and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career.

Daniel Barnes

RTDare DanielAug 8, 2023

Cage the director makes as many baffling decisions as Cage the actor, but the effect is significantly less entertaining. Sonny is low-lighted by a full-tilt boogie turn from an impossibly brassy Brenda Blethyn that simply took my "Bleth" away.