Martian Child

Todd Says:

3 ½ STARS


Touching tale of a misfit adult trying to save a misfit child, and saving himself at the same time. Hallmark cheesy? Sometimes, but not too bad. There are definitely times when you know exactly what’s coming, but this story is deep enough in others places to make that O.K. Like the little boy who may or may not really be from Mars (no spoilers here).

All in all I guess it’s a movie about conformity, the dangers of not fitting in, and the dangers of losing yourself that you face by doing so. Oh, it’s also about a traumatized little boy who has grown up losing everyone that is supposed to love him. Poor Fromar, you will be missed.

This film is certainly worth seeing. But I guess you should consider that this opinion is coming from a grown up misfit who still struggles with these blasted conformity issues. It’s full of emotional ups and downs, as well as good characters that are real enough that you can’t decide whether or not to like them. It’s what you should expect from a major Hollywood studio, but it’s better than most in this flooded genre (the Feel-Good movie).



Alexis Says:

3 Stars

I felt that it was a good movie, with John Cusack channeling the classic Lloyd Dobbler. The ending was really touching, and story was good, but parts of this film made me want to scream: “Why do movies like this have to be so predictable?” Was this written when the writers were on strike?
John Cusack and his sister played off each other well as usual, but it seemed like too much of this movie was ‘as usual.’ The man adopting a little boy that could have been him as a little kid worked alright, but was a bit cliché. The alien analogy was right on, and worked for this one, but when it’s all said and done the movie was just average, and that left me a little disappointed.