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Joshua, 2007

Starring: Jacob Kogan, Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga

Directed by: George Ratliff

Written by: George Ratliff, David Gilbert

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 106 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:5.9

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Joshua can be described as clever, scary, and rough. The plot revolves around a prodigy, psychological motives, and parents and children. The main genres are thriller and horror. In approach, Joshua is serious and realistic. It is located in New York. It takes place in contemporary times. Joshua has received attention for being an award winner. Note that it involves brief nudity and violent content.

Summary of Joshua

Brad (Sam Rockwell) and Abby Cairn (Vera Farmiga) seem to have it all. A successful Manhattan couple living in a plush uptown apartment, they have just welcomed their second child into the family--a lovely little girl named Lily. Everything should be golden for the happy family, but their little boy--the nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan)--is less than pleased with the latest addition to the family. An intelligent but odd little boy, Joshua's lack of humor and preoccupation with death belie his tender age, and as the parents coo over Lily, it becomes clear that they are not quite sure what to make of their stone-faced son. When Lily suddenly turns from a quiet baby into one who mysteriously begins wailing day and night, the Cairns' ordered life quickly disintegrates. The lack of sleep and stress takes a heavy toll on the mentally fragile Abby, and Brad begins racing around the city trying to care for his newborn daughter, ailing wife, and emotionally disturbed son. The family stress mounts, and when small animals and the family dog turn up dead, it doesn't take long before fingers begin pointing at the brooding and bizarre Joshua.

Vera Farmiga delivers a realistic and disturbing performance as someone tottering at the edge of emotional collapse, and Sam Rockwell is a true pleasure to watch in his turn as a father desperately trying to hold his life together. Using a slow, teasing pace and claustrophobic camera angles, the film strives for a Hitchockian level of suspense while also delivering many topnotch performances.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	January 2007
Runtime:	106 min

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Jacob Kogan

as Joshua Cairn

Sam Rockwell

as Brad Cairn

Vera Farmiga

as Abby Cairn

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Variety

A creepy-little-kid suspenser decked out with sufficient class to lend it a certain distinction. Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

Salon.com

Only viewers with some appreciation for the odd, bloodless character of moneyed family life in New York will really understand how hilarious and deadly accurate this movie is. But then again, New York parents are the last people who will want to see... Full Review

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by: Andrew O'Hehir

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So overrated. This movie has some great acting by Vera Farmiga and Sam Rockwell. That's the best thing I can say about it. The story is lame and predictable and there are plotholes galore. It's an okay movie but to compare it to The Omen or The Bad... Read and rate it

25.December.2009
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by: zoyla76
zoyla76 rated this movie0/10

Not a good film but enough to keep you interested and wanting to see the next scene. This movie gets a little crazy so if you don't want to see a kid get smacked around by his parent or a father hating his own child or a kid trying to destroy his... Read and rate it

23.March.2009
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by: prozac pop
prozac pop rated this movie6/10Okay

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