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Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Jacob Kogan, Michael McKean, Rufus Collins
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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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)
A creepy tale about a little boy who drives his parents and little sister crazy. In the literal sense of the word. I didn't understand the ending, though :s
That half star was credited to the scary look, creepy joshua. It's just wasting my time watching it. The story was kinda creepy but the ending was like sh*t. The story was about a smart kid didn't have enough attention from his parents and he's jealous with the new born sister. T...( read more)
Jacob Kogan who plays Joshua is partly responsible for the amount of horror in the movie due to his scary (and innocent) looks. Wonderful choice of actor.
This story does not tell about ghosts (even though they are mentioned) but about a boy who is thought to cause...( read more)
Recommended by JDFortuneFan.
Totally NOT what i was expecting,i was expecting some crappy horror movie (mostly due to the title The Devils Child) but Joshua was an unusual artsy thriller. It was different from all the other evil kids movies,me and my daughter laughed at Joshua...( 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).
