The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

6/10

Starring

Jennifer Garner

Joel Edgerton

CJ Adams

Odeya Rush

Directed by Peter Hedges

Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures

Although this movie is not much of a box office success, due to the heavy load of drama, sensitivity and all the mushy-mushy stuff, I still say it is nice to see things go well sometimes, makes you feel that the world is not that bad.

Walt Disney still brings a little magic into our lives trying to make you feel the world is not that much of a sad place. Peter Hedges the director and co-writer of the film did a nice job with this movie, which doesn’t have lots of special effects but delivers the hallmark family fun that Disney is known for, Peter finds a way to draw your sensitivity out and make you develop an emotional attachment to the characters from the movies first scene of parents struggling to have a child to when a naked kid shows up and then all the way till the end.

The odd life of Timothy green is about a couple Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who couldn’t have children. The couple has done all they can to get pregnant but all to no avail, so they began to dream about what their child would be like, they wrote down all they wished he  would be, achieve and become, placed it in a box and buried it in the backyard.

One stormy night young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep and calls them mum and dad.

CJ Adams was exceptional in his task as Timothy Green, child actors seem to have a difficult role sometimes when they have to convince you, but CJ did a good job and I was impressed by his acting.

As Adams plays young Timothy who sees life differently; hey! He has leaves growing on his ankles, he likes to spread his hands in the sunlight, he is naïve, truthful to a fault, he can paint, he can bring up rhythm from an unlikely source, he affects people in a way they can't imagine and there is a girl in his life too.

The movie’s story had some loops here and there, but it was fun to see how things planned to turn out, although some can boast that the movie was a little predictable but it was also loveable. I won’t burst the kids from school to go see this movie, but if you do catch it on TV gather the family around for a fun time.