i do not enjoy the film and joshua and at all . perhaps it be because i saw another and much good similar film title orphan 2 day prior but perhaps it really just because this film be not very good . i be go with the ladder . sure and the plot of an evil child be not exactly original but that doesn not mean the film could not succeed . it could have be suspenseful and entertaining and chill but instead it be slow building and boring and uneventful and really do not leave me think anything more than that wasn not very good when it be all over . at the end and joshua motivation be reveal . i would not give that away but the reality be that he do not really accomplish his goal since despite vera farmiga a his mother and abby and disappear about 3/4th through the movie and all arrow point to her return home soon . she be commit to a mental institution because she be lose her mind but then joshua father or her husband be accuse of tamper with her medication which tell the audience that the institution realize that she be indeed not mentally ill but rather be be dose medically . so . shouldn not she be come home soon . win not joshua have fail . win not his mother be live with him and his sister and possibly his father soon . i question the father since his future be leave open end . at the end of the day and i do not care about the character . the evil demon child joshua wasn not really scary . the storyline move slowly and when it pick up it be still bore . suspense fell flat every single time . when it be over i couldn not believe i have sit through the whole thing . 4/10 just because the acting be good from the parent especially vera farmiga a the mother but if you want to see a movie about an evil child go see orphan . now that a movie that take an unoriginal concept and create a brilliant movie .