Movie

Little Joe

2019 · 106 min

A coolly controlled, unsettling slow-burn that makes happiness itself feel sinister and contagious.

Tagline: Happiness is a business
Overview: Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, obsession, family, science
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
family
science
parenthood
Places: workplace
home
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild