Martian Child

I watch an average of 4 movies a week and this is the best film I have seen this year and makes my top 5 of all time list. This is movie making at its best. Everything could not be... Read more at imdb.com

Humor and heart blend well in MARTIAN CHILD (MaCh), adapted by Seth Bass and Jonathan Tolins from science fiction writer David Gerrold's real-life story (except that gay David Gerrold is portrayed here as straight widower David Gordon) of adopting a little... Read more at imdb.com

While walking with his sister Liz (Joan Cusack) in the park, widower David Gordon (John Cusack) confesses, "I just want my life to have meaning..." I think what David really is talking about is a personal legacy. David is considering... Read more at imdb.com

I enjoyed this film very much. It touched on so many personal issues -self-worth, identity, need to connect to others through acceptance. Never conforming totally to what is expected of you... preserve the child within and against fear stepping forward... Read more at imdb.com

I was able to catch this film during a sneak preview a few weeks back. I really had no idea what the film would be about given I hadn't seen many trailers and only knew elements of the story from... Read more at imdb.com

What would be different about a child from the planet Mars than one born on Earth? No one knows, since for all practical reasons no one has ever meet a Martian Baby. David (John Cusack) a widowed science fiction writer,... Read more at imdb.com

Martian Child is a unique movie that you will not only find emotional but very true! The movie is intelligent, funny and loving with some of the finest acting from both John Cusack and Bobby Coleman. It is a mix... Read more at imdb.com

I work in a cinema so I'm in the perfect job not to miss any film releases including minor ones like this film. I call this film a "minor" release because it was not advertised much, just a trailer here... Read more at imdb.com

Martian Child will be one of those quiet movies that many people won't see. Those who don't see it will miss it. I can understand why it's sitting quiet: not much promotion, and who would it appeal to? There is... Read more at imdb.com

This is sort of a K-Pax (2001) starring Kevin Spacey for children and parents. This movie isn't really that novel, except for the Martian angle, it's pretty much by the numbers. Yet the comedy and drama mix is smooth and... Read more at imdb.com

Other than the length of this film, it was a heart-warming and really nice movie. I really like the actors themselves, but this was not a good movie for them. ... Full Review

An actor somewhat cursed by his generous quality of easy, average-guy likeability, one imagines that Cusack must constantly be engaged in a struggle to act against what comes to him both most naturally and most profitably. Despite the fact that everyone - including his agent (Oliver Platt), sister (Joan Cusack) and children's welfare authorities - doubts David's success, we know that the bridge of love can and will be built between them. ... Full Review

If "Martian Child" is an accurate indicator of what we should expect from Mr. Meyjes we probably won't have to devote much time thinking about him in the future. He is either a very gifted young actor, or his personality is close in reality to the character he is portraying. ... Full Review

It is a pretty good idea for a movie, but the screenplay comes up a bit short in executing that idea. The plot is uneven and clumsy. ... Full Review

So much so, that David may be well over his head with his decision to adopt the Martian Child. David Gordon (John Cusack), recently widowed, is a science fiction writer desperate to overcome his grief. ... Full Review

The 2007 film Martian Child will be shown at 2 p.m.Thursday at the Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive. ... Full Article

John Cusack has been in a brooding mood this year playing two widowed fathers, in Grace Is Gone and in Martian Child . As science-fiction writer David, John Cusack runs through gamut of a feel good family movie protagonist, expressing... ... Full Article

Sometimes you just see a movie that looks so intriguing, it's a must to see.That was the case each and every time I saw the previews for Martian Child starring John Cusack. ... Full Article

It's a strange world these days, so it's not surprising the little guy in "Martian Child" insists he's from Mars.Everybody needs to be from somewhere. ... Full Article

VIDEO: Watch the trailer for Martian Child . John Cusack has held up well for a man in his third decade of Hollywood hustling. Nevertheless, between the forthcoming war-at-home weepie Grace Is Gone and this vastly superior tale of a ... Full Article