The romantic drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts that claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignores some sage parenting advice from the widower’s sister (Joan Cusack) and gets more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child’s claim may be true. Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold, Martian Child is directed by Menno Meyjes and produced by David Kirschner, Corey Sienega and Ed Elbert.
Production New Line Cinema (presents); Hannah Rachel Production Services; MERADIN Zweite Productions [de];
Cast Names Dabier; Colin Ford; Doris Berg Coleman; Erica Jones; Veronika Sztopa; John Cusack; Bobby Coleman; Amanda Peet; Sophie Okonedo; Joan Cusack; Oliver Platt; Bud; Richard Schiff; Taya Calicetto; David Kaye; Braxton Bonneville; Samuel Charles; Zak Ludwig; Samuel Patrick Chu; Ryan Morrissette; Nimet Kanji; Howard Hesseman; Carmen Moore; Beverley Breuer; Jonathan Holmes; Andrew McIlroy; Kimani Ray Smith; Peter Bryant; David Lewis; Edmond Kato Wong;
Box Office USD 7,486,906
Release Date 2007-10-19 (Hamptons International Film Festival) 2007-11-02
Genres Drama; Family;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG ror thematic elements and mild language (theatrical);
for thematic elements. (video)