Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Jacob Kogan
JOSHUA is the tale of Brad (Sam Rockwell) and Abby (Vera Farmiga) Cairn, perfect Manhattan parents in a perfect Manhattan apartment whose perfect life begins to crack after the birth of their second c...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
Stats: 1,504 reviews
An excellent film- if you're smart enough to interpret the subtle message. If you desire to know what type of parent not to become, watch Joshua.
This movie moved WAAAY too slow for its own good. I know the director was going for that show-burn dread that I like so much in artful contemporary horror, but they payoff in this film was infinitsimal. There are so many interesting avenues this film could have explored, but it i...( read more)
The kind of film where you wish every single character would just curl up and die painfully. The absence of supernatural elements is in the films favour. The acting and writing however are not. Joshua is played not as evil or disturbed but as a precocious irritating shit head tha...( read more)
Not scary or that suspenseful, however, the storyline and acting, esp. Rockwell, was better than I expected.
Joshua: "I'll give you five dollars if you let me throw a rock at you."...( read more)
What a load of piffle... Was so bored in the first twenty minutes I was losing the will to live... Couldn't be stuffed to watch anymore. Watch The Omen (the original).
This is a pretty messed up movie. It's slow to begin with, and is kinda reminiscent of The Omen but for some reason reminds me more of Rosemary's Baby, in that the two female leads look and act very similarly lol. It's kinda creepy, at times. Joshua is is one messed up little boy...( read more)
What a waste of potential and performances, I thought it could be a big surprise, but not, I was wrong, the whole movie is wrong, too slow, too disappointed.
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