Load of rubbish!!

Lack of good storyline.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I want to write a review on the film by Menno Meyjes "Martian Child". This film was shot in 2013. The main actors are John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okedo, Joan Cusack. The Genre is drama, family, comedy. The main idea of this film is the theme of adopted children and their relationship with new parents, as well as the theme of love and understanding of their children. The film is very close to problems of a real life. Many families in our time are forced to take children from the orphanage, but not all cope with their upbringing and accept them as relatives. This film caused me exclusively positive emotions. The film is suitable for family viewing and will be of interest to almost everyone. This is a very kind film. The director tells us a story about a young writer David, who has dreamed of a child for many years, but his beloved woman died, and they never manage to have a child. The tragedy of the loss of love pushes David to take a child from the orphanage. When he comes to an orphanage, he chooses an unusual child, a strange, problematic child. The boy's name is Dennis and he does not go out into the light sitting in a cardboard box during the day, he tells everyone that he is from Mars and sunlight can kill him. David takes responsibility to cope with the psychological problems of the boy and adopts him. He sees in him a native soul, the boy was once very badly injured, his soul hurts like the soul of the protagonist, which was injured by a huge loss. No one understands him, even his own sister. They do not understand why he needs such a burden and responsibility. Schools do not want such a child. Teachers assure that the child is not able to communicate with other children and steals their things. But David struggles to get inside Dennis's inner world and help him. In my opinion, the film is very exciting. It is filled with funny moments and moments, when you want to cry from happiness. Music corresponds to the content. The play of actors is great. There is the moment where the boy performs the dance with the music, this moment also causes only positive emotions. I recommend everyone to watch this movie. You can get together with the whole family and have a good time watching a wonderful soul movie. I want to review this movie again and again.

It's so hard to find a film without "adult" scenes nowadays, and I'm happy that this movie doesn't contain any. So, I highly recommend you to watch this film with your family because this is a great film about family values (although this movie has some other themes). The actors that starred in this film -John Cusack and Bobby Coleman - did a great job! I strongly believe that nobody could have played a martian child better, than Bobby Coleman. This film reminds us that all kids are special, but some of them are superspecial and demand much care and attention. Dennis is an extremely unusual child who is 100% sure he is from Mars. This child is abandoned by his biological parents and society, but a widowed man David decides to adopt him. This becomes a challenge for both of them. David doesn't know much about being a parent; Dennis doesn't know how to be an earthling, so they're borh learning new roles. While David is pretty good at being a father, Dennis finds it difficult to behave like all people do. He is afraid of sun, he wears a belt that "saves" him from flying to outer space, he steals things and doesn't want to communicate with other kids. Step by step, Dennis is getting used to the life on Earth, but his cleptomania worsens the realationship with his father. David probably had a small thought to reject him, but Dennis' escape from the house changes everything. Being in extreme situation, Dennis and David have a heart-to-heart conversation that makes them understand they love each other. This film has several moral lessons, and the main is that love doesn't have boundaries and you shouldn't hide your feelings. Hope you'll enjoy this movie as much as I did. 10/10!

A magical movie!Yes, this is far from fiction. Rather, on the contrary, the film is incredibly realistic. And do not let it find exciting turns, rapid development of events, large-scale special effects, but it will definitely leave a mark on your soul. Each of us is a whole world, a vast universe, incomprehensible to absolutely nobody except ourselves. How often do we have to exchange this precious abode for a stereotyped set of masks that allow us to meet the expectations of others; and how often we, having reconciled ourselves to the pain of loss, break the same deep and pure worlds of our innocent children. Being yourself is not a crime! And if there is something wrong with the child's world, it is not necessary to pull it out from there with all the might, because you can just pick up the key to it.I was touched to the depth of my soul by the game of John Cusack. He is a great actor, and this is one of his most successful roles in the movie, in my opinion.Beautiful, sad and very touching movie! One of those that makes you seriously think about life after viewing.It seems to me, he is quite worthy

The film Martian Child after reading the title gives a lot of ideas what it is going to be about. Either it is about space, or an astronaut or a child doing something unusual. My third idea was pretty close to the content of the film. I liked the film very much. It brought so many thought to my mind, made me cry and persuaded that there is always a hope, even for a little creature on the Earth to find that right person. The genre of the film is drama plus comedy. You can laugh at the actors or you can cry at the emotions they evoke. The film is about an orphan Denis, who as he says came from Mars and a man, a writer, who decided to adopt Denis. He was left by his parents when he was very small and probably he told everybody that he was from Mars because he believed that his parents were there. He tried to conceal the pain that he understood when he grew older that in that orphanage he was absolutely alone and tried to convince himself that there, on Mars, he has somebody. He was the alien on the Earth and didn't have anyone to rely on. So the film shows all the problems and obstacles that can appear between adults and children, the sorrow that can experience a person and how this person struggles against it, loneliness and the fear to stay alone. I adored acting by the starring actors John Cusack and Bobby Coleman. They were so plausible and sincere, so emotional and persuading that they made the film even tenderer. So, I would say that this is a typical drama with happy ending that make people believe in good. I would recommend watching this film with your family to have good time and experience some new emotions. The rating I would give is 8 out of 10.