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Martian Child

Actor(s): John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman
Director(s): Menno Meyjes
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Adult Situations
Movie Release: 2007
DVD Release: 02/12/2008
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: Comedy Drama, Melodrama, Family Drama

DVD Synopsis

Adapted from a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novelette by author David Gerrold, Menno Meyjes's Martian Child stars John Cusack as a widowed science fiction writer who adopts a boy (Bobby Coleman) who claims to be from the Red Planet. The writer believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both he and his sister (Joan Cusack) begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth. Amanda Peet co-stars as the woman who becomes a mother figure for the boy. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Actors

John Cusack - David
Amanda Peet - Harlee
Sophie Okonedo - Sophie
Oliver Platt - Jeff
Bobby Coleman - Dennis

Member Movie Reviews

Jamie L. from OLD ORCHD BCH, ME wrote on 9/16/2009...

I really liked this movie and will probably watch it more than once. It's a keeper

Keli D. from FIFE, WA wrote on 7/8/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This movie has a potentially good story with a nice message. However, the child actor in this movie is simply awful. The story was predictable and just fell short.