After seeing a rating of 8.2, I chose to watch joseph. The movie has a run time of over 2.5 hours. It took its own sweet time to establish the characters and the movie really takes off post intermission. Entire first half of the movie is spent on portraying Joseph's plight. The protagonist acting is realistic but none of the actresses make an impact. Songs were good but they are not vital in taking the plot forward. This is definitely not an edge of a seat thriller, but a good movie let down by its pace.