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Posted Jul. 3, 2007,
Joshua: Watch Out!
By Dennis Dermody
Opening this Friday is Joshua, a sinister update of The Bad Seed in which a Manhattan couple, Brad and Abby Cairn (Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga), slowly realizing that there is something not quite right about their young son Joshua (Jacob Kogan).
As the Cairns are celebrating the birth of their second child Lily, their piano-playing prodigy son Joshua begins to slowly and subversively manipulate his parents' happiness. Director George Ratliff’s smart direction and wonderful cast help build the suspense with subtle, unnerving, grace. And the kid’s creepy blank stares really make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on edge. Especially those little flashes when Joshua’s mask drops and you glimpse the malevolence behind those eyes. Macabre and supremely chilling.