Little Joe
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Synopsis
LITTLE JOE follows Alice (Emily Beecham), a single mother and dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it 'Little Joe.' But as their plant grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creation may not be as harmless as its nickname suggests.
Cast
- Emily Beecham
- Ben Whishaw
- Kerry Fox
- Kit Connor
- Phénix Brossard
- Leanne Best
- Andrew Rajan
- David Wilmot
- Goran Kostic
- Yana Yanezic
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- Dec 17, 2019
I’m sorry I can’t formulate a review right now because I accidentally just typed “little hoe” and now I can’t stop laughing.
KeithMay 18, 2019Hate to compare but it’s like a dull Yorgos Lanthimos film. With stale dialogue and a unique score that feels like it’s screaming at me to feel nothing, this film felt so static. I wanted to love this, and I will definitely be paying attention to whatever Hausner does next…
KarstenSep 15, 2019Need me Seymour
matt lynch - May 17, 2019
In lesser hands, “Little Joe” would be a very dangerous film. As it stands, the latest masterful psychodrama from Austrian powerhouse Jessica Hausner (“Lourdes,” “Amour Fou”) still has plenty of potential to offend. A horticultural riff on “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”…
davidehrlichDec 7, 2019Partially a takedown of the pharmaceutical industry’s — or even chemical companies’ — rejection of responsibility with regard to the substances they use to sway biology and hold societal supremacy, and partially a formally & structurally outlandish but otherwise effectively…
Eli HayesNov 26, 2021Going to hear that ringing noise for the next month
Noah DiVincenzo - Dec 20, 2019
People have been criticising Emily Beecham’s performance as ‘not worthy’ of the Best Actress award at Cannes this year and I think that’s a little unfair to say. From what I have seen so far, yes, there have been many great female performances that came out of this year’s…
MJsaysMay 25, 2019Cannes 2019 Film #38 “It’s like being dead. You don’t notice you’re dead, do you?” Alice (this year’s Best Actress at Cannes, Emily Beecham) is a scientist that is working on a plant that will increase happiness. She has a son, an ex, and a love interest, but her real joy…
Allison M. 🌱Joe watch out the plants want to induce simulated happiness...OH MY GOD HE HAS AIRPODS IN HE CAN'T HEAR US OH GOD....
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- Paula201 likedLittle Joe
Very strange.
allison is "meh" onLittle Joewatched this film for Kit Connor, but honestly it was not great. the lighting and camera work was well-done and interesting. the plot was also fascinating at times. but the soundtrack was absolutely awful, it was boring for a thriller, and it was just weird tbh.
mabi is "meh" onLittle JoeIT WAS SUCH A HARD WATCH I HAD TO TURN IT OFF TO “RECOLLECT” 😭 needed so many breaks just to walk around and look at my lights
- Griffin McClary dislikedLittle Joe
Not very scary or thrilling
Wildliska is "meh" onLittle JoeTerrible music 😬
Saints dislikedLittle Joe4.1
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- DKDenise Krause
Metacritic
Dec 5, 2019
Little Joe manages to exert a peculiar pull in spite of being constructed with material you’ve likely seen elsewhere.
Glenn Kenny
The New York Times
May 18, 2019
Visually, it’s a total feast for the eyes, contrasting art-deco pinks and mint greens against sterile, symmetrically framed expanses of white, vaguely evoking the aesthetic of some lost sci-fi film of the ’70s.
A.A. Dowd
The A.V. Club
May 18, 2019
This is a quietly insinuating picture with, by my estimation, one good jump scare, a lot of queasy chuckles and an overall atmosphere of slow, creeping, heavily perfumed rot.
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Little Joe (2019)?
The movie is 1hr 40min long.
What's Little Joe (2019) about?
LITTLE JOE follows Alice (Emily Beecham), a single mother and dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it 'Little Joe.' But as their plant grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creation may not be as harmless as its nickname suggests.
Who's the cast of Little Joe (2019)?
- Emily Beecham as Alice Woodard
- Ben Whishaw as Chris
- Kerry Fox as Bella
- Kit Connor as Joe Woodard
- Phénix Brossard as Ric
- Leanne Best as Brittany
- Andrew Rajan as Jasper
- David Wilmot as Karl
- Goran Kostic as Mr. Simic
- Yana Yanezic as Mrs. Simic
Who's the director behind Little Joe (2019)?
Jessica Hausner directed Little Joe (2019).
Who produced Little Joe (2019)?
Philippe Bober, Mary Burke and Bertrand Faivre produced Little Joe (2019).
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