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Martian Child
Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!
Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you bel...
Comedy, Drama - 2007
Martian Child
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A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Director:
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Menno Meyjes
Cast:
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Sophie Okonedo
,
Amanda Peet
,
John Cusack
,
Joan Cusack
,
Oliver Platt
,
Richard Schiff
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Bobby Coleman
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David Kaye
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Taya Calicetto
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Braxton Bonneville

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Details

Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
2 Nov 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$27,000,000
Revenue:
$9,400,000
Awards:
2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The entire cast is fully committed to this squishily sentimental tale, which is especially impressive given that it's the kind of generic dramedy you'll swear you've seen a thousand times before.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
17 Nov 2007
rotten:
Everybody is very earnest, too earnest.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
6 Nov 2007
fresh:
Has enough wit and unpredictability to hold your attention.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
3 Nov 2007
rotten:
Martian Child wants to make us cry. It nearly made me gag. This is an exercise in shameless and inept emotional manipulation.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
3 Nov 2007
rotten:
If all this is supposed to be so life-affirming, how come I envied the dead dog?
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
2 Nov 2007
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