Review of Joshua (2007) by Rosemarie S — 01 Sep 2009

Even cute kids could be possessed... be observant...

This review of Joshua (2007) was written by Rosemarie S on 01 Sep 2009.

Joshua has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 12 Jul 2013

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…

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By Kane L (123) on 23 Nov 2013

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By F S (25) on 05 Nov 2011

The fact they put 'Devil's Child' in the title really misleads and perhaps even fools some people into believing it is yet another film based…

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By Patti M (30) on 31 Jul 2015

Unsympathetic characters are ultimately this film's undoing…

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By Cory K (220) on 04 Apr 2012

This movie sucked donkey balls. It seemed to be four hours long instead of an 1:45…

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By Paul N (1,195) on 02 Nov 2011

I almost got creeped in the last 20 minutes (thinking I had 40 mins to go), but ultimately it was turgid nonsense…

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By Timothy S (725) on 07 Jan 2012

It's rare when my opinion of a movie makes a complete 360 while I'm watching it, but that was definitely the case with Joshua…

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By Lisa S (1,201) on 09 Mar 2013

I love this movie so much! Sam Rockwell is solid. This seems like a typical, cheesy bad seed movie but it turns out to be thrilling…

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A cartoonish mishmash of 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Omen'. Sam Rockwell really is a rough diamond in any uneven movie…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 03 Feb 2014

Joshua falls a bit flat at the end, but overall it delivers some genuine old-school chills - something that was missing when Macaulay Culkin…

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