Joshua
“Joshua” is kind of like “The Omen” without the satanic stuff and sense of scope
Review by Sirus

“Joshua” is a movie about a little boy named Joshua who is feeling a lack of love coming from his parents. To make matters worse, they just had a baby girl who seems to be taking away even more of their attention from him. Joshua is a smart boy and excels in his school work because he enjoys reading. His parents slowly start to see little things that make them worry about Joshua. The little things Joshua starts doing are all part of his plan to get what he wants. The movie gives us a deep look into the lives of the parents and all the troubles and stresses that go with that. “Joshua” advertised itself as a psychological thriller but the only thing psycho in the movie is Joshua’s parents. The movie feels like it has potential for much more but never gets the scope that it should. “Joshua” is kind of like “The Omen” without the satanic stuff and sense of scope.

The beginning of the movie is presented with heavy use of piano for the soundtrack to illustrate Joshua’s brilliance through his skill on the piano. While the piano music used is beautiful, it seems kind of lazy of the producers that they used a Beethoven piece instead of composing something new for the movie. Similarly much of the ambient music towards the end fits the scenes and is solid but only typical. “Joshua” isn’t thrilling like it advertises and what that leaves is a movie about characters that aren’t particularly interesting. The boy who plays Joshua is moderately creepy but no where near as good as the boy they got for the recent remake of “The Omen”. It is hard to recommend “Joshua” when there are movies out there that succeed much better in all the aspects it attempts to cover. Like most low quality comedies, almost all the good parts of the movie are in the trailer.

Final Score: 2.5/5