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Josephine - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 11/08/2026
How do you explain sexual violence and the awful people in the world to a child? How do you explain injustice, or the fact that bad people can get away with things—even in a court of law? The hardest part for parents is finding the right way to talk about these subjects when their child may not fully understand them yet.
Set in San Francisco, an 8-year-old Josephine (Mason Reeves) witnesses a woman being raped in a park. The incident affects her deeply; although she does not fully understand why, she knows what she saw is wrong, and her behavior changes drastically as she acts out to reclaim her sense of safety amid fear and paranoia. Her parents, Claire (Gemma Chan) and Damien (Channing Tatum), are affected by their child witnessing such a crime and by her change in behavior, and …
