Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Little Joe (2019)



Released December 6th in the US.
Filmed in Austria and England.
The story: Alice, a single mom raising her pride and joy young Joe is a plant breeder.
The company she works for is eagerly working on genetically engineered plants , to enter into an upcoming plant fair.
Alice is working alongside Chris, who wants Alice's creation, which she lovingly named "Little Joe," to succeed as much as she does.
Little Joe is very unique.
This unusual and beautiful plant is said to be therapeutic because, with love and care, it will reward its caregiver with happiness.
Unknown to anyone at the company, Alice has used a gene in her plants that the company has no idea the true and final result and was not given authority to use.
Close with her son, Alice brings him a plant home to care for and he quickly takes a liking to caring for it.
But soon, Alice sees a change in Joe. 
A change that scares her into believing "Little Joe" is having a mental effect on the person Joe really is.
Stars Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Phenix Brossard, David Wilmot, Andrew Rajan, Kit Connor, Sebastian Hulk, Lindsay Duncan, Jessie Mae Alonzo, Marie Noel, Goran Kostic, Yana Yanezic
Directed by (& story partly written) Jessica Hausner
Not Rated
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI

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