Joshua (2007)
7/10
Criminally underrated by user reviews.
25 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Decided to watch this film because of Sam Rockwell and the Metacritic rating, and boy am I glad I did. Mid way through the movie I was questioning if it really was the boy or if the mother was slowing going insane, then I wondered the same for the dad. The end didn't really surprise me as much as it clarified and fulfilled my expectations. The apartment in new york has a Rosemary's baby style to it along with the mother's clothing. It makes you wonder , if this upper middle class loving family can produce this monstrosity of a kid and end up in big trouble even after being careful, it means that they were doomed. And true horror, toe, is doing everything reasonably right and yet ending up in a horrific situation. The acting was brilliant, though the script did feel a bit off sometimes; in the sense that the scenes were a bit too overdone/ underdone. Like the one w the psychologist. Also didn't get why he loved his uncle so much (just cuz he taught him the piano?) And what exactly his dad did wrong in the start to end up like this. Hope he gets caught lol.
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