Martian Child

This is an exceptional feel-good movie. Especially if you love kids, this movie will touch your heart!!! Also, if you have any experience with adoption, foster care, or abandonment issues...you'll relate to this movie. I certainly did! John Cusack did a... Full review

This is a much different film, but it displays the beauty of adoption and how it takes courage to raise a lost child. This film is outstanding with a message that is clear and positive. It feels real and is a... Full review

John Cusack is a very good actor and he proves it again in this movie. He really pulls you in and makes you feel for his charater. The story is very touching and one that my wife and daughter loved. I... Full review

That movie was beautiful and wonderful story ever, ever, ever,and ever made before. This is an inspire by a true story. This child, David, was a very wise child that tells and shows us to learn the future of fantasy stories.... Full review

Martian Child is a very annoying movie, that won't quit just keeps going down its dumb road of unlimited flaws.... Full review

movie was good with some suspense it kept you in your seat, i thought the ending was kind of lame that he stayed with his stepdad... Full review

Except for the acting quality, I would have to give this movie an "F". There were loose ends in the story that were never tied up or explained. It kept missing important connections and the cutesy, sentimental stuff did not substantiate... Full review

This is not a bad movie, well acted by young Bobby Coleman and John Cusack. The story does provoke some introspection about how when we are kids we feel very vulnerable and self-concious. The "Martian" child is a metaphor for those... Full review

It is about time the theater has a warm movie that isn't a "chick flick". This is probably one of the best movies I have ever seen, and it didn't need outstanding special effects to pull it off....it had a great... Full review

In an interesting sort of way this movie teaches kids (PG rating ... my assumption is that the target market = kids, families w/kids etc.) that it is ok to be different ... yet at the same time you need to... Full review

Meet the star cast of Angels and Demons And yet the only reason you manage to survive all 106 minutes of this contrived drama is.... ... Full Review

a sucker for melodrama, this is certainly a movie for you.....Indeed, the story of this lates Cusack film is very touching.....Despite its touching theme, Martian Child fails to connect at some level.....there is for this almost desperate desire for a happy ending..... ... Full Review

The storyline is pretty silly....John Cusack is the best and main reason to see this mediocre film about a self-confessed oddball and successful sci-fi writer David who adopts a misfit.....talent like John Cusack at the fore, we can only hope there are better roles for him around the corner.....David (John Cusack) is a successful science fiction writer who is still struggling to recover from his wife's death..... ... Full Review

Martian Child is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time....The acting isn't superb or brilliant, but it's believable....it starred John Cusack, one of my favorite actors....The young actor Bobby Coleman does a fantastic job.... ... Full Review

The chemistry between John Cusack and Bobby Coleman is endearing and charming.....The breakthrough performance by Bobby Coleman as the Martian Child is delightful....I enjoyed the concept and the way it was put to use, which makes me admire the adorable screenplay.....as always John Cusack give a pleasant performance as the confused dad.....I can almost assure that everyone else will be waiting for that wonderful ending the film has in store..... ... Full Review

LIKEABLE IN PARTS: John Cusack is endearing and occasionally goofy as the befuddled new daddy. I've rarely missed a film that stars John Cusack, but how I wish I'd skipped this one. ... Full Article

Though pitched as a goofy family flick, Martian Child is actually one of the true surprise delights of the year: a quiet, unassuming film made with genuine feeling and compassion. ... Full Article

Night . If R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" were a movie, this would be it. Lawrence Johnston's documentary offers up stunning images of Australia at night, while various ordinary people expound upon what night means to them, and an orchestral score swells. ... Full Article

Martian Child (2007) Directed by Menno Meyjes David (John Cusack) is a science fiction writer, and a widower. He is considering adopting a child. His wife had always wanted to, and now, he is seriously considering the possibilities. ... Full Article

I had no intention of watching the "Martian Child." I've never been a huge John Cusack fan and I suspected the movie was more of a moral piece than it was entertaining. ... Full Article

Martian Child is a movie directed by Menno Meyjes and stars John Cusack along with Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet, and Bobby Coleman. The story involves a science fiction book writing widower looking to adopt and finding himself paired... ... Full Article