Little Joe review, HeyUGuys
Like Hitchcock’s birds, flowers aren’t the most obvious candidates for striking fear; and yet, in movies, there’s a definite trend of terror surrounding unnatural plant life. Whether it’s the alien seedpod imitators from Invasion of the Body-Snatchers or the endlessly hungry Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, the human race has plenty to fear from these anthropomorphic mutations of nature.
In her English-language debut Little Joe, director Jessica Hausner takes this B-movie concept and sprays it with the nutrients of a more stylised character drama, about a plant breeder who grows an antidepressant flower. It’s a chilling, creepy, and quietly intriguing film to watch grow.
