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“What’s the nature of being a parent and of being a child? David is a widower grieving for two years. He writes science fiction and was considered weird as a boy. He meets Dennis, a foster child who claims to be on a mission from Mars, stays in a large box all day, fears sunlight, and wears a belt of flashlight batteries so he won’t float away. David takes the six-year-old home on a trial. His sister and his wife’s best friend offer support, but the guys are basically alone to figure this out. Dennis takes things, is expelled, and is coached by David in being normal. Will the court approve the adoption, and will Dennis stay? Can a man become a father and a child become a son? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}”

* Director: Menno Meyjes
* Release Date: 2 November 2007 (USA)
* Run Time: 106 min
* Country: USA
* Genre: Drama , Family
* MPAA: Rated PG ror thematic elements and mild language (theatrical); for thematic elements. (video)

Tagline: The story of a man becoming a father…and a boy becoming a son.

Trivia: The name of Joan Cusack’s character (Liz) is the same one as of her character in High Fidelity (2000), which also features her brother John Cusack in the lead role.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When David and his sister are looking at the projector Dennis created in his room it is clearly has a single light projecting each of four pictures through a magnifying glass as they rotate past the light, but when they look up we see all four photos projected and rotating on the ceiling.

Cast
John Cusack … David Gordon
Bobby Coleman … Dennis / The Martian Child
Amanda Peet … Harlee
Sophie Okonedo … Sophie
Joan Cusack … Liz
Oliver Platt … Jeff
Bud … Somewhere / Flomar
Richard Schiff … Mr. Lefkowitz
Taya Calicetto … Esther
David Kaye … Andy
Braxton Bonneville … Nicholas
Samuel Charles … Jonas
Zak Ludwig … Young David
Samuel Patrick Chu … Boy at Group Home