I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I watch it atleast once a week. When a grieving widower who writes Science Fiction decides to adopt a troubled little boy who copes with his abandoment issues by believing he is from Mars they struggle to bond and cope with the challenges of life. Will love be enough? Anyone who's been involved in the lives of troubled kids will love this movie. Anyone who's experienced heartbreaking loss will love it too. John Cusack finds a way to play this role without becoming too sentamental. Bobby Coleman is very convincing as an odd little boy who has seen more than his share of loss. Amanda Peet is adorable and endearing. Joan Cusack is, well what more can you say about Joan Cusack--fabulous as ever. Oliver Platt and Angelica Huston are also great as always. Even has a great soundtrack. Be prepared to laugh and cry.Read full review
All star cast John Cusack, Amanda Peet ,Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman, Anjelica Huston,Howard Hesseman, Sophie Okonedo & Joan Cusack. Martian Child is about a widowed man named David Gordon (John Cusack)who's job is to write Science Fiction books as an author.David finally comes to the decision to adopt a child to hopefully fill the void in his life. When at the adoption center his eye is instantly caught by the awkward boy in the cardboard box, and wears a weight belt, to "keep him from floating away", who is the outcast from all the other children who think that he is weird.When talking with the boy, Dennis, he claims to be from the Red Planet (Mars).David has an overwheelming feeling that this is the child for him to help.When David takes him home this martian child has a great imagination and truely believes he is from Mars.The social worker wants this particular child to act more human like.Both Davis & Dennis teach each other some things in this movie, and never give up on each other.This movie will have you laughing, and in the end make you want to cry.A very good movie that shows a special bond between two people Maritan or not, who need each other more than they both know! Would recommend to buy this movie!!Read full review
John Cusack gives a nice performance as David, a recently-widowed science-fiction writer who adopts an "odd" 6-year old boy who claims to be from Mars. The basic plot is fairly predictable. Lots of bumps in the road to the Martian Child (Dennis played wonderfully by Bobby Coleman) before they come to love each other. The gorgeous "best friend" (Amanda Peet) just hanging around waiting for Cusack to come to his senses and love her. The great supporting cast, Cusacks real-life sister Joan as David's sister, and Oliver Platt as his sci-fi collaborator/agent. And, of course, the climactic perilous ending. But above all this is a message about being yourself even if doing so makes you different from the rest. Yes it is tough for kids who are different and, yes, kids can be cruel. But in the end, it is Dennis' tenacious clinging to his story and its characteristics that helps him to reach higher ground. Not quite sure why this one is PG, but certainly suitable for the whole family.Read full review
My kids range in age from 2 to 11, and they liked the movie as much as my husband and I did. It's about how a troubled child has created his own reality to cope with early abandonment. He believes he is from Mars, and watching the movie you begin to wonder if he's making it up or if it's true. The man who takes him in as a foster child goes against the advice of the social workers, and rather than trying to convince the child that he's not from Mars, he accepts him and allows him to be what he needs to be while at the same time showing him how life as a human can be pretty great, too. I highly recommend this to viewers of all ages.
With a movie like "Martian Child," almost any human (and Martian alike) can understand what it's like to be the outcast. Any person in the range of being adopted right down to knowing what it's like being picked last for a game on the playground. This film reflected how I felt throughout my childhood. Knowing what it's like to be that kid who no one understood and no one wanted anything to do with, this film really hits home for me because this movie is about understanding who you are and about understanding what your place is in this world and truly knowing who would do anything for you and knowing how to believe in yourself (and it has baseball and astronomy, two of my most favorite things as a boy). Leave it to the "Martian Child" to show us what it's like to be human!Read full review
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