
The Cairn's life seems to be a harmonic family: The father Brad (Sam Rockwell) works as a stockbroker, his wife Abby (Vera Farmiga) takes care of their common new-born daughter Lily (Kolb and Vill), and the nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan) is high-talented. But the appearances are deceptive. Joshua becomes gradually jealous that his parents give the baby more attention than him. As a result, he begins to terrorize his family.... (Full plot summary below)
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The Cairn's life seems to be a harmonic family: The father Brad (Sam Rockwell) works as a stockbroker, his wife Abby (Vera Farmiga) takes care of their common new-born daughter Lily (Kolb and Vill), and the nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan) is high-talented. But the appearances are deceptive. Joshua becomes gradually jealous that his parents give the baby more attention than him. As a result, he begins to terrorize his family.
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| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceWe're finally left holding a handful of air at the end. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA haunting and evocative motion picture that stays with you. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerGianni TruzziDirector George Ratliff plays pitch-perfect on the tautly wound strings of our innermost fears that nothing -- not love, wealth or intelligence -- can protect us from the monsters we harbor. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFirst-time director and co-writer George Ratliff skirts, but never quite crosses, the line into absurdity. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyUsing well the paradigm of the outsider, here the impact of a new baby on a seemingly perfect family, this elegantly made, often sophisticated psychological thriller marks Ratliff's smooth transition from docu to feature filmmaking; he's a talent to watch |
| New York PressEric KohnJoshua survives its muddled experimentation with homage and mystery primarily due to the ability of its cast to play it straight through all the mood changes. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseAs the film wears on, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the dry humor from the supposed chills. Consequently, Joshua drifts into camp. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirOnly 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 it. |
| Horror.comStaci Layne WilsonIf you can appreciate complex, slow-burn dramas and forego the buckets of blood, then you're likely to agree with me when I say that Joshua is among the best of films of its genre to come along in quite some time. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohGeorge Ratliff, who gave us the (much more frightening) doc Hell House, works on hoarily familiar territory here and doesn't bring much new to the party. |