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Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Menno Meyjes
Production: New Line Cinema
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
PG
Year:
2007
106 min
$7,486,906
Website
287 Views


Hi, Sophie, how you doin'?

Not bad.

You good?

Good.

Didn't expect

to see you back here.

Yeah, I wanted to bring

the kid some sun block.

Oh.

What was that?

It's his Polaroid.

He likes taking pictures.

There's no film in it.

He's just... ha...

likes taking pictures.

Hmm.

Just as a point of interest...

what made you think

I'd be a good match...

for a boy who spends

most of his time in a box?

He thinks

he's from another planet.

Yah! Aah!

Aah!

Yah! Unh!

- Cut!

- Looks great.

Looks great, guys.

Thank you.

- We're going in.

- So, buddy, what do you think?

Where is the pathos?

What?

Dude, where is the pathos?

The Earl of Dracoban is dying.

- This is a guy...

- Buddy!

Who has fought his way

across the galaxy.

Lastupon... Lastupon

was a blue dwarf

that became a red giant.

It's the red dwarf phase

of the giant.

What are you talk...

Look, I don't know

what I'm talkin' about.

But this I do know...

I see a production that is

honoring the world of your book.

Really,

takin' it very seriously.

That's what I see.

- Speaking of your book...

- Aah!

Guess who I got

a call from today.

Your publisher, our publisher.

- Tina.

- Tina.

Did she ask you how The Revenge

of Dracoban is coming?

No, she shouted it.

Ah.

You know what the problem is?

When I wrote the novel...

there's this giant massacre

at the end and everybody dies.

- I know.

- All the characters are dead.

I know. I sold it.

It's a problem.

That's great.

Let's move on

to the master scene.

What am I gonna tell Tina?

Tell Tina that somewhere in

the deepest, darkest bowels...

of Castle Zeptar,

the earl's necromancers...

are bringing him back

to life against his will...

if that's possible.

Is that any good?

Sure.

Lighting!

Good morning! Your sword!

Move ahead!

David,

and, hello, earth to David.

A kid who sits

in a box all day...

is a giant red flag,

all right?

It's like the equivalent

of buying a used car...

and ignoring the oil spill

in the driveway.

You know, for a non-writer

you're becoming the queen...

- of the muscular analogy.

- Okay.

Listen, the thing about kids...

and I wouldn't trade

mine for the world...

is that they keep comin'

at you, all right?

They're...

They're like mosquitoes...

suckin' the life out of you.

They take away your life,

your privacy, your identity.

You should work

for Planned Parenthood.

You joke.

You forget that whole shelf-full

of books you wrote...

or your knowledge

of California wines...

or that you ever

ran a marathon.

All right,

here's the thing, Liz.

I never ran a marathon.

I don't want

to run a marathon.

I want to do something

meaningful, you know?

And I get all

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