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Little Joe

Play trailer 1:57 Poster for Little Joe Released Dec 6, 2019 1h 45m Horror Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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A plant created via genetic engineering appears to produce curious changes in the people and animals it comes into contact with.
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Little Joe's unorthodox approach may baffle horror fans lured in by its premise -- but like its title character, the end result exerts a creepy thrall.

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Kevin Maher Times (UK) This agonisingly slow pseudo sci-fi has camera moves, performances and lines of dialogue that. Seem. To. Take. An. Eternity. To. Deliver. Without. Much. Impact. Or. Dramatic. Pay Off. Rated: 2/5 Feb 24, 2020 Full Review Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard It's a little film. But it's epic. Rated: 4/5 Feb 24, 2020 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) For some, Little Joe may seem too sterile to engage emotionally, but I found it glassily unsettling - even more so on second viewing. Inhale at your peril. Rated: 4/5 Feb 23, 2020 Full Review Diana Tuova Spotlight on Film Little Joe is excruciatingly awkward, unforgivably contrived and downright boring. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 29, 2024 Full Review Agustín Acevedo Kanopa La Diaria Little Joe isn't emotional or even tacky enough in its convictions and twists to be fun —like a lot of B-movie sci-fi movies—nor is it as elevated and complex as Upstream Color (Shane Carruth, 2013) Rated: 5/10 Feb 27, 2023 Full Review Brian T. Carney Washington Blade Little Joe is a sleek and stylish rethinking of the “pod” movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jay A Ugh…wasted 2 hours of my life. Nothing happened, waited and waited....and waited. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Julian S Disappointingly flat and dull for a film with such a visually striking color palette. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review Dave There's something not quite right about this film. I think it's trying to capture the creepiness of old TV series like 'Chocky' or 'Children of the Stones', but the production values are too high to make it work. The normally great actors were clearly given a directive line to be a bit stiff throughout, presumably to increase the uncertainty about whether the plants are affecting people or not—a brave strategy that unfortunately doesn't pay off. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/02/24 Full Review ana e Its supposed to be horror? I thought it was an arthouse or student movie. There is really only 20 minutes of plot stretched out over 2 hours. The music and sound is particularly bad. If you can't stand overbearing music, don't watch this movie. It has a lot of Japanese-y music for some unknown reason - shakuhachi and similar. Its either so quiet you can't hear anything, or so ridiculously loud you'll need to turn it down. I like Japanese music, but this was a lousy use of it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review matilda m This movie was one of the most boring movies I've ever watched, they spent all their money on the aesthetic and nun on the plot. I've never been so upset that I watched a movie in my life Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Helen N Leisurely, but gorgeous, and ultimately deeply chilling. This film rewards a patient viewer who, while the story builds, may enjoy the sheer aesthetics of it. A full star off for a repeated feedback-whine sound effect however. The sensitive of ears will have to mute it sometimes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A plant created via genetic engineering appears to produce curious changes in the people and animals it comes into contact with.
Director
Jessica Hausner
Producer
Philippe Bober, Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht
Screenwriter
Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Coop99 Filmproduktion
Genre
Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 6, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.3K
Runtime
1h 45m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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