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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.
Plot. 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 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
Synopsis. Science fiction writer, David Gordon (John Cusack) is feeling alone after losing his wife two years earlier. David is weighing the possibility of adopting a six-year old orphan boy named Dennis (Bobby Coleman). There is only one thing that may prevent the adoption from happening, and that is Dennis believes he is from the planet Mars.
Nov 1, 2007 · Martian Child movie review & film summary (2007) | Roger Ebert. Reviews. Take me to your reader. Roger Ebert November 01, 2007. Tweet. Dennis (Bobby Coleman, left) humorously menaces his would-be adoptive father (John Cusack) in Martian Child. I m not human, Dennis tells him. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch.
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.
Nov 2, 2007 · 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 the man, who...
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- Kids & Family, Drama, Comedy
- PG
