Rotten
The entire cast is fully committed to this squishily sentimental tale, which is especially impressive given that it's the kind of generic dramedy you'll swear you've seen a thousand times before.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Martian Child
Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!
2007 · 1h 46m · PG
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Menno Meyjes
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Everybody is very earnest, too earnest.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Has enough wit and unpredictability to hold your attention.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
Martian Child wants to make us cry. It nearly made me gag. This is an exercise in shameless and inept emotional manipulation.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
If all this is supposed to be so life-affirming, how come I envied the dead dog?
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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