Martian Child

Comedy, Family

John Cusack	David
Bobby Coleman	Dennis
Amanda Peet	Harlee
Sophie Okonedo	Sophie
Joan Cusack	Liz
Oliver Platt	Jeff
Richard Schiff	Lefkowitz
Taya Calicetto	Esther
David Kaye	Andy
Braxton Bonneville	Nicholas
Samuel Charles	Jonas
Zak Ludwig	Young David

Director	Menno Meyjes
Producer	Toby Emmerich; David Kirschner
Writer	David Gerrold; Seth Bass

This film finds David Gordon (John Cusack) mourning the loss of his wife, and hoping to adopt a young boy. The boy is named Dennis (Bobby Coleman) and he thinks he is from Mars, and hides from the sun in a box. David's sister Liz (Joan Cusack) doesn't think it is a good idea to adopt the boy, but David goes ahead with it. From there it is a story of David and Dennis connecting, as David forgets about his life as a science fiction writer and starts to believe in the Martian child that he has adopted. Whether Dennis is from Mars or not, both David and Dennis learn a great deal from their experiences together.