Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A Major Disappointment

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Is this even supposed to exist? This movie does nothing but send terrible messages to people crazy about parenting with no qualifications to be by showing the terrible non-parenting of an even crazier couple. It's already bad when you don't even file the papers for adopting a child because "we'd rather tell you a long boring story about why you must give us a child even if through said story we'll show you only what kind of terrible people we are", plus you add a nonsensical story of a fake child-plant that grows up from a crazy couple that think is real, make them NEVER act like they even care about this discount Jesus that came out of nowhere, nagging and complaining about everything but what's to be complaining about, and never EVER questioning their horrible non-parenting? Who wrote this movie is absolutely insane and has no idea how to parenting. Just because you add that stupid pretentious wonder-like music doesn't mean your horrible screenplay becomes good, if anything makes it even worse. This movie isn't just horrible, it's a horrible movie that thinks is wonderful and charming. Well, guess what? It's not. It just sucks.

after reading some of the reviews for this film i was left feeling unsure about whether i wanted to watch it or not but my love for Jennifer garner and Joel Edgerton influenced me to take a chance and it did not disappoint! Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton were a perfect choice for the roles of Cindy and Jim green. Their acting was definitely commendable, the story line however was amazing in an entirely different way. The story was original and the way the movie was shot (setting, cast, costume, language etc) added a different kind of magic to it. The Odd Life Of Timothy Green was the kind of movie that can make you laugh and cry, it was truly a magical and utterly heart warming story. One of my favourite aspects of this movie was the town it was set in, as mentioned above the setting definitely adds to the spark of the film but the colours used in the town and the colours in the forest was delightful and was very warming. This is one of the very few films i would definitely recommend to people of all ages as it was an absolute pleasure to watch.

I have not read other reviews of this film, because I do not want my opinion to be tainted by the opinions of others. But I think this is a polarizing film . And perhaps there are good reasons for that."The Odd Life of Timothy Green" is a fantasy and a mystery. A married couple who learns they cannot have children buries a box containing all the personality traits they would hope a child of theirs would possess, ostensibly to symbolically bury the past dreams they can never realize, as a healing exercise. Then a child magically appears and becomes their son. And he possesses all the traits they wished for.There is actually more than one mystery involved with this story. Where did he come from? Why is he here? And who are those people the married couple are narrating the story to?The entire story hinges on the married couple and the foundling boy. It is all about how they treat the boy, wanting to be the perfect parents. The boy dispenses advice along the way with a native intelligence greater than the parents'. The boy is likable--charming, gentle, quirky, accepting of others and their faults. The parents, on the other hand, strike me as rather annoying. Their motivations for everything (other than their genuine love of the boy) seem to be petty, compensatory, and small minded.However, I think the main reason this film would be polarizing is that it shamelessly leads the viewer on a journey some will find insulting, boring or too precious. Others will probably find the film wholesome, life-affirming and heartwarming. Both views are partly true.In the end, I cannot score the film very highly. For it to have any value, the lessons it imparts--for those who find them--must be valuable lessons. If we see the parents as our proxies, learning what the creators of this film would have us learn, I have to say I think they learned little (other than be very careful what you wish for). They were a loving couple at the beginning of the film They were loving at the end. An alternate view would be that the film demonstrates that real love is the only thing you need to parent a child--a meager lesson that I think all lovers of this film always knew.

This film has been despicably misinterpreted by other critics.It is a story of parenthood and how children can teach you so much. It is unfair that people do not see that.DO NOT listen to them - watch this with your family.It is a great film - of course, some poorly produced scenes and some repetitive scripting but compared to the cliché stuff coming from Hollywood, I cannot see how that is such an interruption for the audience of this film.The actor playing Timmy is also very good.Watch this film, and, in the words of Timmy, "Never Give Up."