Joshua (2002)

Buy This Item Joshua (2002) by Live / Artisan  Available from Amazon  $19.98  on 9-23-2008     The world can be divided into two camps: those who will watch <I>Joshua</I> reverently and gratefully, and those who will not touch it with a 10-foot pole. The reverent probably own Joseph F. Girzone's bestselling novel about a mysterious but friendly loner who shows up in a small American town and blesses every life he touches. Whites and blacks, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews will work side by side as newly recognized brethren; an estranged couple will resolve to save their marriage; the lonely and disconnected will embrace and be embraced by community; etc. The message--the healing power of Christ's love--is beyond reproach, the intentions of the filmmakers entirely benign, but there is not one whit of dramatic tension or narrative complication to any of it. The cast is stronger than usual in such religious projects (Tony Goldwyn, Oscar<sup>®</sup> winner F. Murray Abraham, Giancarlo Giannini as the Pope), but no one has a prayer with a script that posits the hero's Christhood on the fact that 12 people show up for his going-away dinner. <I>--Richard T. Jameson</I> Reader Reviews It looks that is the opposite of the Amazon review. Those who love it is because they are not comparing it with the Girzone novel. I was waiting for the DVD to share it with Spanish speaking friends and then... what a dissapointment... it comes without Spanish subtitle. Lionsgate is not interested in half the catholics worldwide and a continent 90% Christian to see this film? Amazing oversight! And I have not been able to find a contact email or phone or even a comments section in their websites.

Joshua (2002) Available from Amazon Price: $19.98 Updated on 9-23-2008.

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