Little Joe (2019)

Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.

Director:

Jessica Hausner

Writers:

Géraldine Bajard, Jessica Hausner

Stars:

Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox

5 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Emily Beecham	...	Alice Woodard
Ben Whishaw	...	Chris
Kerry Fox	...	Bella
Kit Connor	...	Joe Woodard
Phénix Brossard	...	Ric
Leanne Best	...	Brittany
Andrew Rajan	...	Jasper
David Wilmot	...	Karl
Goran Kostic	...	Mr. Simic
Yana Yanezic	...	Mrs. Simic
Sebastian Hülk	...	Ivan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jessie Mae Alonzo	...	Selma
Phoebe Austen	...	Ella
Jason Cloud	...	Student
Lindsay Duncan	...	Psychotherapist

Storyline

Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very 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 it grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests.

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Plot Keywords:

female protagonist | flower | plant | scientist | laboratory | 

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Taglines:

Happiness is a Business

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

UK Austria Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Little Joe

Filming Locations:

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,626, 8 December 2019

Gross USA:

$23,862

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$192,224

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coop99 Filmproduktion, The Bureau, Essential Filmproduktion GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Awards:

• Prix d'Interprétation Féminine: Emily Beecham (Cannes International Film Festival, 2019)
• Grand Prix du Festival International de Science Fiction Utopiales (Poitiers, 2019)
• Mention Spéciale du Jury au Festival Européen du Film Fantastique (Strasbourg, 2019).

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Connections

References Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)

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Soundtracks

Swimmer
Composed by Teiji Ito

User Reviews

Interesting, but it falls short.

Im sure that you have read that this is a more modern retelling of invasion of the body snatchers. Don't think of it that way though. If you compare the 2 then my rating for this would go down. This feels more like a pretentious indie movie rather than a horror. The whole thing being about a flower was interesting, but the characters are boring and uninteresting. Which is disappointing considering that is what is supposed to hold this movie together. There isn't really a satisfying climactic scene that the movie builds up to and there is a ton of build up. The music in the movie was really odd to say the least and sometimes annoying. What can I say, I feel as if I wasted a lot of time on this movie.