Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Florian Zeller likes heart-wrenching stories. The Father was about a man's losing battle against dementia and it got Anthony Hopkins an Oscar. The Son is about a teenager's losing battle against depression and... it probably got close to earning Hugh Jackman a razzie. With a 28% Tomatometer score, Zeller's second film certainly met the dreaded sophomore slump, but the good news is that means we will say nice things about it on the show. At least during Contrarians Corner.
On this warm-up video, we will share some extra Rotten Tomatoes quotes that are not in the episode, some extra trivia, we'll have some trailer chatter, and, of course, we'll have The Josh Gad Minute - all perfectly edited by @nerd_scum .
As for the episode itself:
The Son - Contrarians Corner
wearethecontrarians.com/episodes/2024/04/01/thesoncc
The Son - Real Talk
wearethecontrarians.com/episodes/2024/04/01/thesonrt
Or wherever you listen to podcasts! (including this YouTube channel)
Florian Zeller likes heart-wrenching stories. The Father was about a man's losing battle against dementia and it got Anthony Hopkins an Oscar. The Son is about a teenager's losing battle against depression and... it probably got close to earning Hugh Jackman a razzie. With a 28% Tomatometer score, Zeller's second film certainly met the dreaded sophomore slump, but the good news is that means we will say nice things about it on the show. At least during Contrarians Corner.
On this warm-up video, we will share some extra Rotten Tomatoes quotes that are not in the episode, some extra trivia, we'll have some trailer chatter, and, of course, we'll have The Josh Gad Minute - all perfectly edited by @nerd_scum .
As for the episode itself:
The Son - Contrarians Corner
wearethecontrarians.com/episodes/2024/04/01/thesoncc
The Son - Real Talk
wearethecontrarians.com/episodes/2024/04/01/thesonrt
Or wherever you listen to podcasts! (including this YouTube channel)
