Joshua (2007)

Plot: The Cairn’s life seems to be a harmonic family: The father Brad works as a stockbroker, his wife Abby takes care of their new-born daughter Lily, and 9-year-old Joshua is highly talented. But the appearances are deceptive. Joshua becomes increasingly jealous, since his parents give the baby more attention than him. Therefore he begins to terrorize his family.

What about a bigger issue here? Forgive me if I’m slightly off-topic. I was ignorant to this but let’s imagine a child is acting to be sexually or physically abused by somebody. In our heads we think it’s just acting but in a nut shell it’s a kid ‘pretending’ to be in a given horrific situation thus being exposed to it at an earlier age. I mean if a child actor is a teenager, it’s not so bad, but it’s kid is under 8 or something, it just seems wrong. You wouldn’t let your children watch an R rated movie, imagine these child actors actually star in the movie. I was thinking of movies such as “Running Scared”(2006), for example, and the couple who were the child abductors.

So funny! We featured this post on the weekly web roundup at http://www.thenestbaby.com.

And… my addition… Raising Arizona. Even the most bumbling kidnappers aren’t so funny when you’re expecting.

I don’t know how many people have actully seen the movie let alone read the book but Bastard Out Of Carolina was assigned during my Southern Lit class when I was in my first trimester and it was one of the hardest things for me to watch. Not only is there physical abuse, by sexual and mental as well. After reading the book and watching the movie I found out that it was semi-autobiographical which made the entire experience even harder.

I agree with the previous poster and “My Life”. I saw that while pregnant with my first child and I just cried and cried.
Other movies I would add are “Dead Calm” with Nicole Kidman and “The Seventh Sign” with Demi Moore.

What about “My Life” with Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman? Or “Steel Magnolias” and “Terms of Endearment”?

Joy Luck Club was also the first movie that sprang to mind for me. I saw it when I was pregnant with my second child. It haunted me for months. It is a beautiful story otherwise, but that particular scene with the baby was just horrific.

There is a terrific little movie called Junebug that has a rather difficult ending for a pregnant woman to watch. (I won’t give away any details in case anyone wants to see it, but I will say the film involves a young woman who is ready to give birth.) I really enjoyed the film but was glad I saw it after I gave birth; seeing it beforehand would probably have made me quite anxious.

Before I was a mother I was able to watch movies about losing children in wars, accidents, due to illnesses. They moved me and made me cry, but now, it’s impossible for me watch such movies without mini emotional breakdown. No, I just can’t watch such movies anymore.

Tigereye…maybe a tad bit overboard.The movie got good ratings and it’s about something that needs to be discussed and really happens.Sure, a kid shouldn’t see it but it wouldn’t be a bad movie to see to discuss with friends. How can you judge a movie without ever seeing it. For this list I would add “Million Dollar Baby” cause kids would have a hard time understanding it but it’s a great movie with great acting.Another would be “Imitation of Life” from 1959 cause it’s way too sad…I still tear up thinking about it