Just Like the Son

Just Like the Son

Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to make things right.

2006 · 86 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.

Directed by Morgan J. Freeman · Written by Morgan J. Freeman

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