Combine a hint of Hitchcock style horror, a dash of domestic disturbance, and a pinch of post partum depression. Stir in some sibling rivalry, finish off with some elementary evil, and youve got a recipe for: a George Ratliff film which basks in the initial brilliance of dark comedy, wavers in grueling indecision, and finally rushes its antichrist like child villain to what Id say is quite the anti-conclusion.
Joshua is a film which falls into the unofficial genre of the oh-so-close-to-being wonderful. The plot centers around the young, city dwelling Cairn family: the husband on Wall Street (Sam Rockwell), the wife at home (Vera Farmiga), their infant daughter, and their piano prodigy son, Joshua (Jacob Kogan.) The arrival of newborn Lily shakes the foundation of the family, resurrecting mother Abbys baby blues, and worst of all, igniting a violent and vindictive evil in nine year old Joshua.
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