Joshua (DVD)

Joshua (2007) starring Jacob Kogan, Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Michael McKean, Celia Weston. Psychological thriller about a nine-year-old boy's jealousy over his newborn sister. Although he is a piano prodigy, Joshua (Kogan) suddenly finds that the spotlight has shifted away from him and onto his new sibling. The movie gets a little blurry from there, because the mechanisms by which Joshua pulls off his evil stunts are not apparent. It's almost like he's supposed to have supernatural powers, though there is never any basis for this possibility established in the script. There is one particularly chilling scene near the end that works well, but overall I found this movie disappointing. Grade: B