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Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and based on David Gerrold's 1994 novelette (not the expanded 2002 novel) of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy (Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars.
A single man who writes science fiction books and screenplays for a living, adopts a son who claims he is from Mars. The adoptive father comes to be intrigued by the possibility his son might really be a Martian. Ultimately, the father realizes that he loves his son whether or not he is a Martian.
Nov 1, 2007 · The movie is the sentimental, very sentimental, story of how that goes. Few actors in the right role can be sweeter or more lovable than John Cusack, and he is those things almost to a fault in "Martian Child," which is so bland and safe that it might appeal more directly to children than adults.
Nov 2, 2007 · Martian Child: Directed by Menno Meyjes. With John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo. A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Menno Meyjes
- 2007-11-02
Sep 4, 2007 · Based on a true story, The Martian Child is a heartfelt novel about a single gay father adopting a son--the basis for the major motion picture starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and Joan Cusack. When David Gerrold decided he wanted to adopt a son, he thought he had prepared himself for fatherhood.
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Nov 2, 2007 · Martian Child. Wanting to experience fatherhood, a man (John Cusack) adopts a youngster (Bobby Coleman) who has an unusual crisis of identity, believing he is from Mars, and trouble arises when...
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- Kids & Family, Drama, Comedy
- PG
Jun 1, 2001 · The prolific science-fiction and YA author takes a respite from Dingillian family strife (Bouncing Off the Moon, 2001) with a hasty, jokey, and very personal account of a middle-aged gay man’s adoption of a high-risk eight-year-old boy.
