Oh, what a bad seed “Joshua” is. The tyke who toplines this unjustly ignored 2007 chiller doesn’t look evil, but he sure knows how to misbehave.
“Joshua” got some heady buzz at the almighty Sundance Film Festival before hitting theaters. But that didn’t translate into much in the way of box office clout.
No matter. “Joshua” is a smart, realistic thriller that defies categorization. To say much more might spoil the fun. Suffice to say it follows a yuppie couple (Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga) whose life spirals downward after the birth of their second child (Joshua is child numero uno). Young Jacob Kogan is perfect as Joshua in his screen debut, and Rockwell proves anew what a compulsively watchable actor he is given the right material.
(Photo: Jacob Kogan plays the title character in “Joshua,” a chilling feature which got little love during its brief theatrical run)
