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 enlarge | Director: Menno Meyjes
Actors: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Bobby Coleman, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack
Studio: New Line Cinema
Category: DVD
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 2631
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: TRNDN10683D
UPC: 794043106835
EAN: 0794043106835
ASIN: B00005JPT0
Theatrical Release Date: November 2, 2007
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 58
 Martian Child October 12, 2008
Susan M. Prosser (Central Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great movie. It has it's sad moments, but overall it's a "feel good" movie. I laughed, I cried, but I will watch this one over and over. After renting it the first time, I immediately went to Amazon and bought it! 5 stars!
Marvelous!! October 10, 2008
Jessie R. Root (Mansfield, OH United States)
John Cusack never ceases to amaze.... and this is a great example! Great dialogue, excellent story, a tear-jerker for sure!
 No better, but no worse, than what you'd expect from a movie like this October 5, 2008
Shutter Maze (United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are some really nice scenes in here---the operative word being "nice." I liked the line of Joan Cusack's where she says that all kids are from Mars, and at least this boy admits to it. I also liked Dennis's deadpan expression when he said something along the lines of, "I just gave you a Martian wish. Don't waste it." But overall, it was just a predictable story that we've all seen a million times before. Man seeks to add depth to his life by reaching out to a troubled child, only to find out that he's got his work cut out for him. There are the people in authority who question his "unorthodox" methods of child-raising. He has a female friend who we get the sense is one kiss away from becoming his romantic partner (actually, she's barely in the movie and kind of fades into the background once she fulfills her primary duty in the film by acting suspiciously intimate with David/Cusack). And in the end, he and the boy learn some valuable life lessons. So yeah, the movie is a little too tame for my taste.
This isn't a bad movie. It's a "safe" movie. It's a little too safe.
 Totally sappy, boring, predictable September 18, 2008
Anthony Louis (USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched this because I am a fan of John Cusak. In this film he does the best he can with a totally sappy predictable humdrum script. I was bored out of my mind. The film drags. The dialogue is totally predictable. The premise is silly and misleading. I have worked with special needs children and this movie gives the false impression that a little love conquers all. As such, the movie is misleading and does a disserive to needy children who need stable homes, loving parents, and a lot more than is not even hinted at in this film. I wasted 90 minutes watching this film. What a disappointment.
High reviews from one of the creatures September 8, 2008
Cyndie Browning (Tulsa, OK USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I grew up feeling like "a creature" in my own childhood and I remember well how it was when I always felt like I didn't fit in because I wasn't like everybody else. This movie is sweet and easy to watch---in fact, I watched it 3 times in 3 days. John Cusack plays David, a successful young writer of science fiction. David and his wife had planned to adopt a child but she died two years earlier. David is matched with Dennis because Dennis believes he's from Mars and David writes about Martians. Be sure to watch the extra stuff, too, the movie about making the movie and the short film about the REAL "Martian child." One of the best lines in the movie is by Angelica Huston, who asks David, "why can't you just be like we want you to be?" Yeah, that's the question alright. Anyway, "Martian Child" is a wonderful little movie that you'll absolutely love. I did!
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