3.0
out of 100
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An occasionally schmaltzy but likable story of healing and redemption.
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Knockout performances by John Cusack and child actor Bobby Coleman help legitimize a whimsical but sententiously moralizing script.
Those who stick with Martian Child won't entirely avoid mush, but they will find terrific performances.
The problem with Martian Child is that it wants to be a story about outcasts, but Dennis doesn't come off as a cute little rebel.
The movie leaves no heartstring untugged. It even has a beloved old dog, and you know what happens to beloved old dogs in movies like this. Or if you don't, I don't have the heart to tell you.
100 percent goo.
Martian Child would like to be "About a Boy (Who Thinks He's a Martian)", but, disappointingly, it doesn't even come close.
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… lacked most of the usual wet-eyed stuff …
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