The Odd Life of Timothy Green *Open Spoilers

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I saw this movie today and was scratching my head as I left…

Ok, so we have a couple that can’t have a child, but dreams of what the ideal one would be like, so he grows in their garden.

Fair enough. I can suspend reality for a couple of hours, but a few points were silly. Nobody asks where the kid came from? Not even the school? Nobody asks where the kid went? Not even the adoption agency??? They just take the parents’ word that the kid was a garden plant that disappeared and place ANOTHER child with them? But, suspension of belief, etc, okay.

But when he appears and disappears, what was he trying to teach them? About mistakes parents make? They end up adopting a girl at the end and would have learned it then like all first time parents, so it would all have worked out anyways.

So in order to help first time parents not screw up, you give them their dream child, or any child and just yank him away on 10 seconds notice? That would be horrible.

Was there a larger message I missed?

And the whole Joni arc. She has a birthmark that nobody can see. That’s supposed to be the same as having freaking LEAVES growing on your legs?

Plus, I thought the kid was a creepy little guy anyways. I never identified with him.

Usually with movies like these you leave with a life lesson that gives you pause and makes you think about it. I’m not sure what the take away was from this movie.

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That the actress who plays Joni, Odeya Rush, is going to be a big star someday and those of us who saw this movie will be able to say, “I knew, way back when she was in that one movie with Jennifer Garner. What was that called again?”

Other than that, I’m not sure.

Oh, and that Jennifer Garner is adorable and would be adorable if she were standing there reading the phone book.

And that Joel Edgerton got a paycheck and and another IMDB credit, which is not a bad thing.

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Dear lord. I just googled her name and it’s way to early in the morning to find yourself looking at a 13 year old trying to make a sexy face. Squick.