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The Odd Life of Timothy Green

He's a force of nature.

Disney rolls out another family-friendly film. A happily married couple can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, after literally growing in the garden, they and the townsfolk learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.

107 minutes, Parental Guidance
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Odeya Rush, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rosemarie deWitt, David Morse

Director

Peter Hedges

Screenplay

Peter Hedges, Ahmet Zappa

Music

Geoff Zanelli

Cinematography

John Toll

Editing

Andrew Mondshein

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2012

Produced by

Monsterfoot Productions, Scott Sanders Productions, Walt Disney Pictures

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer

Die BurgerPaul Boekkooi

International Media

Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond It's not just perfect entertainment for the whole family, it's about the importance of family.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Accessible to all but the youngest children, and I suspect their parents will enjoy it, too.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs While it's refreshing to see a live-action movie about a kid that doesn't feature the usual cinematic array of scatological humor, zany behavior and such, the film feels like it was harvested before it was fully ripe and ready to be picked for our pleasure.

Metacritic.com27 critics

RottenTomatoes.com96 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer It means well, but The Odd Life of Timothy Green is ultimately too cloyingly sentimental -- and thinly scripted -- to satisfy all but the least demanding viewers.

Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics <img src=http://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-19076.jpg?score=58>

Movie Review Intelligence (USA)39 critics

Internet (IMDB)2773 Netizens Great, great movie!

Average .. 55%

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