- Studio: New Line Cinema
- Release Date: Nov 2, 2007
- Starring: Amanda Peet, Bobby Coleman, John Cusack
- Summary:
- Director: Menno Meyjes
- Genre(s): Drama, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 26
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Mixed: 13 out of 26
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Negative: 4 out of 26
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75Cusack, of course, is the perfect Anti-Schmaltz. His rapid-fire delivery makes everything he says sound like it's just pouring from his brain to his mouth, so that even the sappiest dialogue is rendered sincere.
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58It's hard to say what, aside from novelty, is gained by having the boy believe he's from Mars, because the core emotion in the film comes from the simple, common premise of an adoptive father and son trying to forge a life together.
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The problem with Martian Child is that it wants to be a story about outcasts, but Dennis doesn't come off as a cute little rebel.
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30Martian Child would like to be "About a Boy (Who Thinks He's a Martian)", but, disappointingly, it doesn't even come close.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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JoeB.10
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MarciaB10
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francel.7Unabashedly sentimental, but unexpectedly watchable. Plus nice acting as always from the Cusack siblings.
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MikeN1
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