“Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!”
Martian Child
6.7
328 votes·2007
·1h 46m
·MovieComedyDrama
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.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.3x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
underdogadoptionadoptive fathereducationchildhood traumaalienationalien
Cast
John Cusack
David
Bobby Coleman
Dennis
Amanda Peet
Harlee
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie
Joan Cusack
Liz
Oliver Platt
Jeff
Richard Schiff
Lefkowitz
Taya Calicetto
Esther
David Kaye
Andy
Braxton Bonneville
Nicholas
Samuel Charles
Jonas
Zak Ludwig
Young David
Samuel Patrick Chu
Boy at Group Home
Ryan Morrissette
Boy at Group Home
Nimet Kanji
Housekeeper
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