{"id":9966,"date":"2023-07-25T06:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/?p=9966"},"modified":"2025-06-08T06:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:30:45","slug":"favorite-son-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/favorite-son-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Son (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genre<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/genre\/drama\/\" title=\"View all posts in Drama\" target=\"_self\">Drama<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/year\/2008\/\" title=\"View 2008\"  target=\"_self\">2008<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MPAA Rated:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>TV-MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Viewer Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><span id=\"post-ratings-9966\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"e9b206f9c4\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9966_1\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9966, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9966_2\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9966, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9966_3\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9966, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9966_4\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9966, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_9966_5\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_off.gif\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(9966, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(0, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (No Ratings Yet)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_9966_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-9966-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>IMDB Rating:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>There&#8217;s no place like home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Son<\/strong>\u00a0is a drama that delves into themes of family, unfulfilled dreams, and redemption. The story follows\u00a0David Paxton, a minor league baseball player nearing the end of his career. Returning to his hometown, David grapples with the reality that he is far from the hero he once envisioned himself to be.<\/p>\n<p>In his quest for connection, he meets\u00a0Joan\u00a0and her troubled teenage son,\u00a0Ross. David\u2019s attempts to mentor Ross and win Joan\u2019s affection are met with resistance, leading to a complex and often tumultuous relationship.\u00a0As David and Ross form an unlikely friendship, they both confront their inner demons and dark secrets, ultimately finding a path to healing and understanding.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch online for free<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xnMAC_n0keU?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xnMAC_n0keU\">Youtube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmzie.com\/content\/favorite-son-2008\">Filmzie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.plex.tv\/movie\/favorite-son?autoplay=1\">Plex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/663105\">TubiTV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no place like home.<\/p>\n<p>A story of family, of dreams deferred, and of a final chance at redemption. Frustrated with his waning baseball career, David returns to his hometown and becomes obsessed with a local lovely, reaching out to her troubled son. When David is rejected, the townsfolk gossip about his relationship with the boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-9966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drama","tag-27","wpcat-3-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10936,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966\/revisions\/10936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/movies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}