Odd Duck
- Title: Joshua
- IMDb: link
What if your child had always been a little odd, and you eventually began wondering if he wasn’t evil? Joshua asks this question, and the result is a mixed, though memorable, result that, although I can’t recommend, is still better than expected.
To the causual observer the Cairn’s are your typical upper-middle class family. Brad (Sam Rockwell) works too hard in an investment company, Abby (an almost unrecognizable Vera Farmiga) stays home and takes care of their son Joshua (Jacob Kogan) and thier newborn daughter Lily. Scratch the surface however and you’ll find plenty of troubles in the Cairn home.
To begin with Abby has a history of mental problems and increasing anxiety over not being able to care for her new baby. And then there’s Joshua who, to put it politely, is a little off. When the family begins to spiral out of control Brad begins to suspect that everything can be traced to one cause – his son. Is this young nine-year-old responsible for it all?
…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was all wrong, it felt more like a James Bond movie than one about a teenager trying to surpass some nasty obsticales just to grow up. So it’s with a melancholy tone that I tell you that this next Potter film is better than the last, but still falls far short of these stories’ potential.
Harry Potter finally gets a little style. Harry Potter’s 5th installment of the film is well balanced in acting, technique, mood and storyline, and is a complete joy to watch. I found myself more enthralled in the characters and their relationships with one another instead of being completely bashed with one special effect after another like the 4th film. The Order of the Phoenix kept a great balance with their computer-antics and maturity of characters. Harry has his first kiss, Ron is no longer the complete blubbering idiot, Hermione isn’t so girly and winy and plenty of screen time for characters that had such small parts in the past. Getting a few extra storylines from other characters like Sirius Black, Fred & George Weasley, Neville, Luna and Cho makes the film feel more complete and a whole than just focusing on Potter’s little group. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the best of the 5 to date.