A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
A fable about parenting and its accompanying joys and sorrows, done in the trademark Walt Disney style of pleasant, feel-good entertainment that doesn't leave much of an emotional trace.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
16 Aug 2012
rotten:
"There comes a point where "Odd Life of Timothy Green" is just too sentimental and too odd."
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
16 Aug 2012
rotten:
It's hard to believe that Hedges once wrote some decent light fiction (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, An Ocean in Iowa) before he started making greeting-card movies like Dan in Real Life and this one.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
16 Aug 2012
rotten:
The film is schmaltzy and very saccharine, so sweet it'll give you a toothache.