Martian Child

 

Martian Child 2007

• Director: Menno Meyjes
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• John Cusack –many  
• Amanda Peet – 2012, X Files I Want to Believe, Igby Goes Down, Ellen Foster
• Sophia Okonedo –many including The Hollow Crown
• Joan Cusack – The Perks of Being a Wallflower, School of Rock, High Fidelity, Runaway Bride, Cradle Will Rock, Corrina Corrina
• Oliver Platt – Ginger & Rosa, 2012, Frost/Nixon, Postcards from the Edge
• Why? Possibly interesting
• Seen: 13 January 2024                      

        David (Cusack the brother) is a widower, a successful sci fi writer and the newly adoptive father of Dennis (Coleman), a boy who says he is from Mars. David’s sister Liz (Cusack the sister) is seriously worried that the kid is too weird and David can’t handle it. Sometimes David agrees, other times the lonely widower and the seriously socially disturbed boy connect.

       It could be sappy and it’s predictable but Cusack and Coleman make it work.

 3 ½ * of 5