Martian Child

Martian Child

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Education | Underdog

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Menno Meyjes
  • Cast(s): John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 46min
  • Music: Aaron Zigman
  • Award(s): Young Artist 2008 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Tuner, The Devil Wears Prada 2
  • Story:
    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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6.7/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

6.7/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Nominations
Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | 2008 | Bobby

Best Family Feature Film Comedy or Drama | 2008

BOX OFFICE

Budget 27,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 9,400,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

David Gerrold, the author the book, adopted a son as an openly-gay man. In his novella, the sexuality of the protagonist is not disclosed, but in his novel, he is identified as gay. In the Hollywood movie version, the protagonist is straight (with a female love interest), causing some criticism from some members of the gay community nationwide.

Author David Gerrold publicly distanced himself from this adaptation of his novel after his screenplay was rejected by the studio. He publicly rejected the final film for deviating too far from the source novel, especially in regard to making the main character a straight man with a girlfriend instead of a bachelor with no love interest.

Director Jerry Zucker was brought in to shoot new footage, according to Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times on 10 August 2007.

When David and Dennis were in the grocery store Dennis stopped and stood next to a stack of Mars bars boxes. Dennis claims to be from Mars.

John Cusack would once again team with Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt in the disaster movie 2012 (2009).

Popular Dialogues

"David: Dennis, can I just say one last thing about Mars? - which may be strange coming from a Science-Fiction writer - But right now, you and me here, put together entirely of atoms, sitting on this round rock with a core of liquid iron, held down by this force that seems to trouble you, called gravity, all the while spinning around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour and whizzing through the milkyway at 600,000 miles an hour in a universe that very well may be chasing its own tail at the speed of light; And admist all this frantic activity, fully cognisant of our own eminent demise - which is our own pretty way of saying we all know we're gonna die - We reach out to one another. Sometimes for the sake of entity, sometimes for reasons you're not old enough to understand yet, but a lot of the time we just reach out and expect nothing in return. Isn't that strange? Isn't that weird? Isn't that weird enough? The heck do ya need to be from Mars for?"

"[from trailer] David: I don't want to bring another kid into this world. But how do you argue against loving one that's already here?"

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