Nobel Son ****

This one was a nice little surprise! It was much better than I expected it to be. Alan Rickman is one of my favorites for whom I try to keep an ear open, but there wasn't really much buzz at all about this movie.
It has sort of a twisted and complex plot with a wide variety of characters. This is one where you need to be paying attention or you'll miss something. That's one of my favorite criteria for a movie -- figuring things out and keeping up. It's not quite as fast paced and difficult here, but still enough to keep my attention. If that's not the kind of thing you enjoy, then you may not enjoy this film.
It follows a pompous, arrogant man (Rickman) who is a new Nobel laureate, as his only son is kidnapped and held for ransom. The thickening of this plot is aided greatly by the main character who plays this ass of a man extremely well. You kind of want bad things for him -- he's that obnoxious! The other characters of course lend to the unfolding and thickening of the plot. There is a fast paced, really cool action scene involving the hand-off of the ransom money, and plenty of twists for your head to ponder as you go along.
A surprise -- it was quite enjoyable!!

Kid rating - One sex scene (nothing exposed but some skin), some bad language and really bad manners.