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The romantic drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts that claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignores some sage parenting advice from the widower's sister (Joan Cusack) and gets more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child's claim may be true. Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold, Martian Child is directed by Menno Meyjes, written by Seth E. Bass and Jonathan Tolins and produced by David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, and Ed Elbert.
"...[a] likable story of healing and redemption." Claudia Puig, USA Today
"A warm, funny and heartfelt story." Jeffrey K. Howard, KCLV (Las Vegas)
Editor's Note
IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 2, 2007John Cusack plays a recently bereaved man who adopts a six-year-old boy in THE MARTIAN CHILD. Their relationship gets off to an awkward start when the boy becomes fixated on the fear that he may be from Mars.
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| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 5/6/2008 |
| Running Time: 107 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 1000031708 | | UPC: 00794043106835 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
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| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Cusack and young Bobby Coleman have a palpable screen connection which will make you go warm and fuzzy..." 04/01/2008 p.86ReelViews 6 of 10
Martian Child wants to make us cry. It nearly made me gag. This is an exercise in shameless and inept emotional manipulation. The film doesn't try to hide what it's doing. If you don't cry, it hasn't worked. There's not a single genuine human emotion to be found between the beginning and end credits. Worse still, anyone with familiarity with this genre will know how things are going to turn out fifteen minutes into the production. And it's not just the ending that's obvious - it's the entire transparent journey that takes us there. Martian Child offers no surprises, not even little ones. One could argue that its heart is in the right place, but that's about the only thing it gets right...Martian Child had a troubled production history and the release date was delayed several times. The resulting motion picture isn't a first rate disaster but it's unpleasant enough to leave a bad aftertaste. Formulaic tear-jerkers are delicate things and when a director crafts one with the sledgehammer-like subtlety displayed here, it's likely to offend those who value a degree of authenticity in their dramas. - James Berardinelli
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