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Martian Child (2007)

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Movie Info


Genre

Comedy, Drama

Release Date

November 02, 2007

MPAA Rating

PG

Production Budget

$27 millions

Studio

New Line Cinema

Official Site

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Critics Reviews :  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Reader's Reviews :  Be the 1st!

Cast and Crew


Director

Menno Meyjes

Producer

Ed Elbert, David Kirschner, Corey Sienega

Screenwriter

Seth Bass, David Gerrold

Starring

  • John Cusack as David
  • Amanda Peet as Harlee
  • Joan Cusack
  • Bobby Coleman
  • Sophie Okonedo
  • Oliver Platt
  • Samuel Patrick Chu
  • Beverley Breuer

Movie Story


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 and produced by David Kirschner, Corey Sienega and Ed Elbert.

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..a film so cloying it could have been processed from high-fructose corn syrup..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
“..the kind of generic dramedy you'll swear you've seen a thousand times before..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
“..a bit-better-than-average show that families can enjoy together..”
by Garrett Conti [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]