Review of Joshua (2007) by Joel C — 16 Jun 2012

Incredibly creepy film with great performances by Rockwell and Farmiga, as well as a brilliant debut from 12 year old Jocob Kogan.

This review of Joshua (2007) was written by Joel C on 16 Jun 2012.

Joshua has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Erin C (953) on 07 Apr 2016

Truly unnerving and expertly strings you along... the ending is just... wtf…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 07 Feb 2018

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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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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 Amber P (262) on 13 Apr 2014

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By Andrew P (1,550) on 01 Dec 2011

This movie was not what I expected at all. I thought it was going to be this huge take on the Omen and was very surprised…

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By Laura W (406) on 23 May 2013

A pretty standard creepy-kid thriller, but the characters are really well developed and interesting…

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