Synopsis
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
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Cast
- Sam RockwellBrad Cairn
- Vera FarmigaAbby Cairn
- Jacob KoganJoshua Cairn
- Celia WestonHazel Cairn
- Dallas RobertsUncle Ned
- Michael McKeanChester
- Randy RyanSoccer Dad
- Nancy GilesBetsy Polsheck
- Linda LarkinMs. Danforth
- Alex DraperStewart Slocum
Recommendations
- 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Superbly crafted psychological thriller. - 80
Variety
A creepy-little-kid suspenser decked out with sufficient class to lend it a certain distinction. - 80
Salon
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 it. - 80
The New York Times
Poised self-consciously between art and entertainment, Joshua offers imaginative staging and some superb performances. - 75
New York Daily News
Terrifically sneaky psychological thriller, which takes great pleasure in watching carefully constructed family values come tumbling down. - 75
New York Post
Joshua falls a bit flat at the end, but overall it delivers some genuine old-school chills - something that was missing when Macaulay Culkin played a similar role in "The Good Son." - 70
Village Voice
A nifty psychological thriller--part "Bad Seed," part "Rosemary's Baby"--that deals in a manner both comic and creepy with the parental anxieties of a Manhattan haute yuppie family. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Part of the fun of Joshua is the skill with which Ratliff juggles horror and realism, feeding one into the other until we become part of the unraveling of the Cairns' perfect life.
