# Nobel Son (2007)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Randall Miller
**Written by**: Randall Miller, Jody Savin
**Starring**: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman, Mary Steenburgen

> *Keep your eyes on the prize.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Soon a Nobel-winning dad’s chemistry becomes the family’s least volatile ingredient. Barkley gets kidnapped by the half-brother claiming paternity, offers a revenge plot instead of ransom. The dad’s Nobel glow can’t illuminate the ensuing moral fog.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, pitch-black

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