Joshua

Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga star in director George Ratliff’s sobering family drama Joshua, as an affluent young married couple living, working, and raising children in New York City. Their firstborn, the eight-year-old Joshua, is a hyper-intelligent and thoroughly manipulative child — so manipulative and devious that when the presence of a newborn baby sister threatens his place as the only child, he sociopathically sets about tearing the family to pieces with a series of cruel head games and Machiavellian schemes., Following the arrival of their newborn daughter, an affluent New York family are torn apart by the actions of their psychotic nine-year-old son., The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn., In the frightmarish tradition of “The Bad Seed” and “The Omen” follows this chilling psychological thriller about a seemingly perfect 9-year-old son (Jacob Kogan) of Manhattan yuppies, and the alarming, diabolical disturbances that follow in his wake. Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga costar as the parents, who watch in horror as their charmed lives unravel. Directed by George Ratliff, who co-wrote the script with David Gilbert. Dallas Roberts, Celia Weston, Michael McKean, Nancy Giles.