Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy sunday
- new year viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film commercially effective and good-natured, praising its energetic premise and accessible humor while noting its familiar story and underdeveloped secondary characters.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Grisha is placed in a reconstructed nineteenth-century village and treated as a serf by actors under psychological supervision.
The protagonist begins as an oligarch's spoiled son who believes himself above the law and must learn honest work and empathy.
Hidden cameras and psychologists monitor Grisha's every move while hired performers manipulate his daily experience.
An abandoned village is rebuilt in nineteenth-century style, turning historical serfdom into an immersive comic production.
Films like Son of a Rich, and why
The Truman Show
shared simulated-reality premise, comic social manipulation, and identity transformation
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
shared time-displacement comedy, historical role reversal, and broad russian humor
The Princess Diaries
shared fish-out-of-water comedy, class reversal, and romantic self-reinvention
Kate & Leopold
shared contemporary protagonist placed inside a reconstructed historical environment for comic transformation
Movie Details
- Director
- Klim Shipenko
- Release Date
- 2019-11-24
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (205)
Cast
- Miloš Biković
- Sasha Bortich
- Aleksandr Samoylenko
- Ivan Okhlobystin
- Mariya Mironova
- Oleg Komarov
- Olga Dibtseva
- Kirill Nagiev
- Sergey Sotserdotskiy
- Sofya Zaika
Common questions
- What is Son of a Rich about?
- A lawless oligarch’s son is trapped inside an elaborate nineteenth-century role-playing experiment designed to teach him humility, empathy, and love.
- What is Son of a Rich like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Son of a Rich as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Son of a Rich violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Son of a Rich as mild.
- What did critics think of Son of a Rich?
- Critics generally found the film commercially effective and good-natured, praising its energetic premise and accessible humor while noting its familiar story and underdeveloped secondary characters.
- Which films are like Son of a Rich?
- Films with a similar feel include The Truman Show, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, The Princess Diaries, and Kate & Leopold.
- How long is Son of a Rich?
- Son of a Rich runs 109 minutes.
