Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Martian Child
The theme of single-father adoptions has been mined before back in 1994
with William Hurt playing Second Best. In Martian Child science fiction
writer John Cusack is paired with an imaginative but rejected 6-year-old
who thinks he's from Mars. The movies share lonely men, disturbed
children, and quizzical child-care workers. Where they differ is in
Hurt's quiet under-stated performance and Cusack's off-the-wall
engagement with his young charge. The plate smashing, ketchup bottle
squirting scene is over-the-top.
with William Hurt playing Second Best. In Martian Child science fiction
writer John Cusack is paired with an imaginative but rejected 6-year-old
who thinks he's from Mars. The movies share lonely men, disturbed
children, and quizzical child-care workers. Where they differ is in
Hurt's quiet under-stated performance and Cusack's off-the-wall
engagement with his young charge. The plate smashing, ketchup bottle
squirting scene is over-the-top.
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