Aditya Kadrekar
This is one of the movies I wouldn't like to rate. But I would recommend each and everyone of you to watch it. I'm sucker for Palme D'or winners and how could I miss this one? I'm pretty sure the concept of losing out a family member have been explored by many directors, but there is something unique about this one. Directing himself in the movie (I really think it's a very difficult job to do that), Nanni Moretti hasn't put a foot wrong. And, if you're looking for a very good screenplay and some breathtaking cinematography, this is not your thing. This movie is all about actors pouring out their emotions on screen and a really sweet background score. What got me raving about the movie is how we blame every single action of ours when things don't go our way (I think majority of us to do that). La Stanza Del Figlio is simplicity personified. I'd say a must watch.
rachel-barrett
I was so disappointed by this film. The family relationships and behaviour is deeply unconvincing and badly acted. Giovanni's patients are awkward caricatures and I didn't feel emotionally involved with any of the family or additional characters. It's easy enough to jerk some tears from the viewer with the subject matter of a child dying but when the build up is so clunky and unrealistic it feels like a cheap use of the topic to give the film some substance. An additional character that arrives at the end of the film is so unlikable that I almost couldn't watch till the end. The scene of the family singing in the car (which has been used in many films successfully) goes well beyond the cringe-worthy. If you want to watch a cheesy film then choose an American one - they are much better at it!
poe426
"There's always a price to pay," one of the characters says in THE SON'S ROOM. The price for loving is grieving. The lyrics of one of the songs in the movie says it nicely: "To live, you have to die a little." Profound observation (and ominous foreshadowing). The pivotal scene packs a wordless wallop. The perplexing thing about tragedy- Death, specifically- is that it's so arbitrary; the best man doesn't always win in real life. In the final analysis, it doesn't even matter who "wins" and who "loses"; we all lose in the end. Death will out. Our best hope is to be able, like the characters in this movie, to let it out. Otherwise, it's a slow dissolution. "Finally, I can cry," one character says: "I could cry all my life." From what I've come to understand, that's what we're supposed to do if we're so inclined.
Petri Pelkonen
This is a story about an Italian family.There are four members in the family; the psychoanalyst father Giovanni (Nanni Moretti), mother Paola (Laura Morante), daughter Irene (Jasmine Trinca) and son Andrea (Giuseppe Sanfelice).The life of this family tragically changes after they lose one member of the family.The son Andrea dies in a scuba diving accident.Nanni Moretti's La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room) from 2001 is a sad movie that is not supposed to be entertaining in any way.It is supposed to make you cry.This is only a story but this could be real.Tragedies happen all the time.The world is not filled with laughter and joy only.This is a great movie about one tragic event.In a perfect world this could happen only in movies.
AD
