Rating: - Grossly Underrated Road Movie
Josh and S.A.M. is one of my favorite movies. Having worked with kids
much of my adult life, I am sensitive to the problems children have in
dysfunctional or rejecting families. The film is about two brothers,
Josh and Sam (Jacob Tierney and Noah Fleiss) ages 12 and 8 respectively.
(Fleiss should have been cast as a 9 or 10 year old). They are complete
opposites, the older a computer nerd and fabricator, the younger a jock
with ADD symptoms. They do not get along, with Josh resenting Sam's
athleticism and Sam smarting from Josh's scorn. Their mother ... Read More
Rating: - "Josh and S.A.M." Soundtrack Review
After hearing the music selections of "Josh and S.A.M." three times, I've concluded that I'm happy I bought the CD. I hadn't heard the music since seeing the film about 1995. At that time I thought it worked very well in a relatively mediocre film. Being a fan of most of Thomas Newman's scores, I hear a lot of the composer's usual tricks at work here. There's the funky, twangy sounds mixed with electronic sounds with the overlaying strings and woodwinds. No other composer has this signiture sound, and if you like it, it'll hook you. The "Main Title" has a nice little melody played in either ... Read More
Rating: - josh & sam
I seen both actors in later films first and thought they were interesting and when I found out about Josh & Sam I felt it was a bonus the Tierney was in it because I found out about the film because of Noah Fleiss and these kids were very good long before i found them and I now need to see all the rest of the early films to see how whomevwer was in charge saw the diamonds in the rough that these two were. I think Noah will be a bigger heartbreaker with the angst films.
Rating: - Josh and S.A.M.
Josh, a young boy (Jacob Tierney) is adopted and is picked on by his evil stepdad and stepbrothers. They treat him badly and call him a girl a lot. Josh has a real younger brother whom he wants to keep in his camp. His stepdad and stepbrothers treat Sam like family and are creating a split between Josh and Sam. Josh develops a great plan to get Sam back into his camp. He tells Sam he is a genetically enhanced youth (reason he can do everything better then Josh as well as beat him up) and his Stepdad is going to ship him off to war. The story Josh tells Sam gets out of control and he ends it with ... Read More
Rating: - One of Thomas Newman's Best!!!!!!!
I found this CD at a local music store and I picked it up as soon as I found it. I remembered that I really did like the score in the movie. It is very different and unique. I really love it. It is one of my favorites in my soundtrack collection!
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