Truly Dreadful Film

Too much of everything

Expected more

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

This film is another example of an excellent play of John Cusack, who's a really professional actor. Here he plays the role of a widower, a writer, who wants to adopt the child, who's not like the others. He embodied the role of a single parent perfectly, though the film is a bit overextended, it is being watched easily. The plot is rather unusual, because there're not many films that show personalities of such children as Dennis and we know little of them. I think this film is about patience and stamina, because building a relationship with this kind of child wasn't easy for the character of John Cusack. The idea is that it can't be easy to be a parent, especially of an adopted child. It is thought provoking and sometimes touching, though it's a drama, there're no tragedies, that's why it's recommended to be watched in family.

Martian Child Never ever, never-never-never, never ever give up Recently I have watched the comedy drama directed by Menno Meyjes and David Gerrold (the roman's author of the same name) that is called "Martian child" which includes too many psychological and philosophical topics. The main actors are Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Oliver Platt who have already played in the same movie before and the child, Bobby Coleman. All of them are truly professionals. By the way, John Cusack is so popular with many of his roles, but his role as David in "Martian Child" is really successful. The viewer may notice how sensible, helpful and friendly he is, he definitely feels his character. Bobby Coleman has managed wonderfully to play such a difficult character as the Martian Child.He is just an ancient sole. He has puzzled all secrets out.It is a really deep, beautiful and thought-provoking movie. It depicts one of the most serious problems of society, frames and standards. The matter is that if you are unordinary, if you do not look alike, if you are different, people think you are abnormal, crazy or have some psychological disorders and nobody wants to deal with you. The main character of the movie knows what such people feel because he was an outcast when he went to school that is why the Martian Child has become so close to him. The Martian Child is a sullen boy who is constantly sitting in the box and imagines that he has come to the planet to perform the mission. David (John Cusack) seems to be a very wise person here; although he told in the very beginning that he had not had anything common with the psychology he managed to build a very harmonic relation with a boy based on a really deep understanding of psychology. The main principle is not to damage. David has decided not to interfere in the child's mind, he doesn't make any demands or impose himself, he just gives the opportunity to the kid to open his inner world to others, and he let the child do some small steps when he is ready to do them.In spite of the impressive play of John Cusack, it is very important to listen to him in this movie and to hear what he says because many things are really wise that have been mentioned here.The boy who has been abandoned once tries to explain the act of his parent. He imagined his own world and created the whole story and believed in it so much that he began living the part. He has decided that he is Martian and he is not abandoned but sent to perform a very important mission on the Earth. He was the way too into it that he was able to do some small miracles like to guess what colour an M&M's candy eating it with closed eyes or to change colours of the traffic light because all our thoughts have a great impact on out lives and may change a lot. It was not an easy business to open the inner mind of this child and we could see it when David was not able to control his emotions or words but finally he managed. Danny grounded when he took the awful truth and asked, "Why did they leave me?"I wanted to show you that not all parents may disappearThe culmination of the movie is the episode on the roof when Danny decided to go to his "biological" Martian parents. There have been many sensible episodes before, for example, when the dog passed away or some David's tries of father's acts of love, but the episode of the roof is the revelation, to which the scriptwriter had been coming for the whole film. Here both of the characters are absolutely opened and defenseless to each other. They both came to a new period of their father-and-son relations.It's wonderful how the director managed to cover so many topics for discussions in such a short movie with a few characters and was able to show all spheres of David's life.In conclusion, I would like to add that this movie is really worth to watch. If you are wit, clever and like long philosophical discussions, you should concentrate one hour and a half on this movie leaving all your problems behind.

The movie "A Martian Child" is valuable primarily for the fact that it touches the problem of an unusual and orphan child in quite a "popular" manner. But does it really reveal the problem?The boy is not like other children, but does he need a parent? He is quite in harmony with his own vision of the world. It is an adult, who, seeing a part of "himself" in this child, wants to influence his life and change it for the better. It is a movie about the world of a disappointed adult rather than a troublesome child. I don't know why but the final phrases of a child "Why did they leave me?" do not look convincing. I don't see a cause-and-effect connection between abandoning this child and his having an unusual curiosity about the world around him. Some other remarks and dialogues in the movie seem trivial and even a bit comic. Female characters are absolutely stereotyped and highly "exalted" in their attitude to this child ranging from absolute disregard to groundless adoration. They do not seem genuine and deep enough to see what this child really feels and needs. The main character is a bit more convincing. But what this movie lacks is a deeper conflict and a deeper immersion in the world of such a child and such an adult. "Just be yourself!" is one of the most useless things that people may advise you. As for this movie, it seems to be intended for an average person who has never happened to see or experience anything like this in his or her life. Though, I want to thank the filmmakers for the job they did. At least it will be helpful for those who prefer to see simple and melodramatic stories without too much of genuineness.

I was so adore to watch it. i'm not fond of dramas but that film caught my attention. i watched it in one breath. the storyline is amazing. David, who is full of imagination and very creative, was not afraid to adopt a child. a weirdo, Dennis, as others called him. no one belived that David could get along with the child. but David was the only one who loved and aprecciated the boy as he was. he finally became a great father for him. David dind't afraid of risk, he didn't listen to everyone, he just tried to make Dennis happy. and he did. even if they had to handle all troubles they faced with. i was truly glad to see that film. i hope a lot of people will watch it and understand how it is important to be a good person and accept people as they are, especially if it is a child.