Movie
Martian Child
2007PG-131h 46m6.7 / 10
Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!
A recently-widowed science fiction writer 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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Synopsis
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
More about Martian Child
Cast
John CusackDavid
Bobby ColemanDennis
Amanda PeetHarlee
Sophie OkonedoSophie
Joan CusackLiz
Oliver PlattJeff
Richard SchiffLefkowitzTaya CalicettoEsther
Credits
- Directed by
- Menno Meyjes
- Written by
- Seth Bass, Jonathan Tolins, David Gerrold
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $27M
- Box office
- $9.4M
Production
New Line CinemaUnited States- Hannah Rachel Production Services
- Meradin Zweite Productions
Themes
adoptionadoptive fatheralienalienationchildhood traumaeducationunderdog
