This movie introduced me to big Hollywood names like Tony Goldwyn, Kurt Fuller, F. Murray Abraham, as well as Giancarlo Giannini! I think someone should EDIT each of their profiles on IMDb, and list especially THIS film on their pages as one of the movies they're basically known for!I make this review simply because I think this is a little movie with a lot of heart that deserves *A LOT* more love, recognition, and attention!Upon first viewing, I kept guessing & guessing who Joshua was. And all the colorful characters he comes across, the events that happen, the love, the joy, the message, and the passion He brought was upon amazing! And the ending to the film was great and perfect as well!Overall, so many critical issues were addressed in the movie that I think a lot could relate to. This is great film for ANY family to own, share, and watch over & over. Whether you're a believer or non-believer. To anyone who is TRULY searching, TRULY wondering, or TRULY curious about knowing Christ, this is a film strongly recommended! I'm just a little disappointed that the hype has probably died out about it about this film till now, or that it's not exactly translated into enough languages and still sold in video stores around the world, or that a lot of the cast had gone on to star in many classic trashy Hollywood films since then. But I hope & pray that this film will continue to hold special place in each of their hearts, and that they will be blessed, and will come into the full knowledge of the Son of God, and be able to fulfill the purposes for Him in their lives!There's even an underrated song by Michael W. Smith called "Love Is Moving" where I couldn't find ANYWHERE on the Internet by YouTube or iTunes - so I ended up ordering the CD & uploading the song myself! Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1MhpIW8PrIAnd indeed a great Message this film holds: The world has become a frightening place, with so much anger & not enough love. The world needs love. Love will revive and renew. Love is good, and love is moving! You may know by now how many classic examples of Hollywood is to always show movies about the DARK NATURE of man, to show violence, and chaos, and fights, and cursing, and swearing, and all sorts of immoral influences. It's because I like the films just like this! Or even a lot of the movies released by PUREFLIX or Sherwood Pictures (The Encounter, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Flywheel, etc), or heck, may be even "Here Comes the Boom" by thunder! These flicks that show us that we CAN improve, and we CAN teach ourselves and each other to become better godly people!*SPOILERS* The ending actually consists of Joshua revealing that He is Jesus, and that the same concept of how it was back then, with Jesus confronting the religious Jewish pharisees, He now confronts the religious catholic priests - the same applies of how He reveals they're only soaked in on religious teachings, and hardly any truth or love. As well as being jealous of the people's love for His teaching & actions of love, instead of people giving more attention to them!Trivia: The name "Joshua" is actually derived from the Hebrew term "Yeshua", which actually means Jesus!PS: And this isn't the ONLY film about if Jesus dwelt amongst people today. Watch the movie called "The Encounter" (2010), directed by David A. R. White (God's Not Dead), starring Bruce Marchiano!

I have to admit, I went into this film with a bad attitude. Joshua, the book by Joseph Girzone, is among my favorite books. This film was a low-budget, ninety-minute rehash of the base elements. That's what I expected. I was disappointed. As someone that holds Girzone's book in such esteem, I have to ask what on earth he was thinking.The film had very little to with the book. Barely anything, in fact. Names were changed for no apparent reason. My favorite parts of the book, like the conversations between Joshua and the residents, and the debates with the churches were excised entirely. The ending was completely ruined. In the book, it was meant to be a modern-day Jesus, where a man comes to Earth, does his work, and leaves. In the film, they go for a downright pathetic cop-out, trying to be as sugary sweet as possible.But by far the worst thing about the film is Joshua himself, played by Tony Goldwyn. To be frank, he is abysmal. The Joshua of the book was calm, friendly, loving, honest, and above all, wouldn't preach unless he was forced to. In the movie, he's calm, friendly, but in the worst possible way. Honestly, I felt slightly unnerved by Goldwyn's performance. It was like if Klaus Kinski did a ton of morphine before being told to act like a God. It's difficult to explain, and I might not be making sense, but Goldwyn was simply miscast.Really, there is nothing I can recommend the film for. There are really only three types of people who will see this film: The Average Person who will see it, hate it, and forget it, The Christian, who will enjoy it regardless of quality, or the Person Who Loved the Book, and will be invariably disappointed. Regardless of which category you may fall into, I'm wasting my time talking about it. Skip it, and read the book. It's a masterpiece of modern Christian literature.

This was a great movie. There are few movies that a person feels good after watching. This is one of them. Its not really about the second coming of Jesus. Its more about what would Jesus be like if he was here and hanging out with us in every day life. Most family movies are nice to see but the plots are weak and the acting is even worse. This movie had a decent plot. The acting was amazing. Everything came together great. One of my favorite movies, I can watch it over and over. I would love to go visit the location of the workshop in the movie but the shoot locations only show LA and Chicago. I don't know where the scenes were shot.

I managed to get hold of a copy of Joshua from a friend a few weeks back. I had watched this in a theology class when I was in college and I remembered enjoying it and decided to get hold of a copy. The movie gives its viewer a fresh look at religion.Joshua is childish, it's corny, it's lame, but it works. The story, follows the life of a mysterious man named Joshua and how he affects people of a small community. Joshua is portrayed exactly how he should be by the well talented Tony Goldwyn. Goldwyn makes Joshua to be easily likable, mysterious, and completely absent of corruption from the world. In supporting roles with all excellent performances are one of my favorite actors Kurt Fuller who plays the bumbling but good hearted Fr. Pat. Fuller was perfect for the role the way he is able to show fear towards Fr. Tardone yet compassion for Joshua. Also in support is the legendary F. Murray Abraham who comes closest to being a villain. There is no real bad guy in this film so sorry folks.The film has no flashy special effects, no big name actor taking up the screen, and no action filled sequences. There is no twist to the movie. It is straight forward with its message. The film shows people who have trouble understanding the concepts of Christianity what Jesus would be like today if He was here. The film is a tad corny but a person is easily able to ignore it with the magical acting of Tony Goldwyn and Kurt Fuller. Even if a person is a non-believer or a believer of another religion, a person can easily enjoy this film and learn a few things about life while doing so. My only complaint is that the last half hour is a little slow compared to the first hour.Joshua. 4 out of 5