A preternaturally calm nine-year-old begins to dismantle his New York family. Methodically.
Recognition
The Cairn family have everything: a Manhattan apartment, successful careers, a new baby, and Joshua – their eldest son, gifted and unsettling in ways they cannot quite name.
When the baby arrives and disturbs the family's equilibrium, Joshua begins to respond. Not with tantrums, but with a cold, patient intelligence. He is nine years old and he is already five moves ahead.
Directed by George Ratliff, Joshua is a psychological thriller of quiet menace. Starring Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga, it premiered at Sundance in 2007 and was distributed by Fox Searchlight.
"Fox Searchlight has made another savvy Sundance move with this superbly crafted psychological thriller"
The Hollywood Reporter · January 2007 · Read →"A creepy-little-kid suspenser decked out with sufficient class to lend it a certain distinction"
Variety · 2007 · Read →