martian child- the story of a man becoming a father and a story of a boy becoming a son

Directed by Menno Meyjes starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet,Bobby Coleman; based on 1995 Hugo Award, 1994 Nebula Award winning novel David Gerrold by the same name.Meyjes, the director of the movie, also wrote a directed MAX in which John Cusack plays Max Rothman, an art dealer tutoring a young Hitler. Certain groups protested the film , as they felt it was trying to humanize Hitler. Cusack( starring in high fidelity, identity,1408)plays David,the widowed novelist whose popular sci-fi book is being turned into a movie.David decides to follow up on his wife's dream of adopting a child.Enter dennis, a pale,sligh boy who is utterly convinced he was brough to earth by Martians to study Earthing life.He shies away from sun and wears a weigh belt, lest he float away. The boy playing the painfully awkward Dennis has such a high pitched voice thatis so strange sounding that you sometimes wonder if he is an alien.The two guys seem perfectly suited to each other, mutual love of all things, outer space and all.The dawning realization on David's face that he and his adopted son are not so different.Neither of them are meeting the expectations of their fellow Earthlings.What makes the film compelling are the actors who bring brightness to these fairly cut and dry roles. A fan of John Cusack myself, i can say he is the main reason to seethe film. If not for his charm and quick wit, keen intelligence, quirky appeal, this film could easily turn into slick sentimentality and maudlin predictability.Cusack has proven himself one more time.