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Martian Child (2007)
a nice walk on some well worn paths
30 October 2007 - 5 out of 13 users found this review helpful.
Martian Child will very likely entertain but not astound most audiences. The big themes of fitting in and the search for connection, which are well explored territory, are kept in focus by a good script and acting despite the best Hollywood attempts to veer off into hokey predictability.
The characters outside David and Dennis could use a bit more development and some of the scenes could have used a bit more mystery, but the current of the story moves things along. In the screening I saw, there were some embarrassing technical gaffes.
The film builds the right amount of emotional tension to keep things interesting right up to the end, which was well done. A good date movie and one for parents and older children to enjoy.
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