The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

People are voting emotionally.

Memorable, crazy movie

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Best movie of this year hands down!

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears. The Odd Life of Timothy Green isn't just full of great performances by Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton and CJ Adams who are just flawless and great to just look at but that kid gives them a powerful lesson he knew that he was going away and slowly he prepared those 2 people how to become parents but also the drama is just spot on this kid gets bullied by Cindy's sister, his coach and even his father's boss and yet he doesn't give up. As for the ending it hit me right in the feels Timothy gave all of his leaves to each person that he cared about or just wanted to give a powerful message to his coach, Uncle Bub, Ms. Bernice Crudstaff, James Green Sr. and even Joni who got 2 the film ends with the family adopting a little girl and living a happily ever after kind of a story thanks to a great talented cast, characters and a powerful message The Odd Life of Timothy Green is simply Spectacular!!

I'm sorry to say this, but this 2012 Disney movie used too much fertilizer on its story. It was a little too hokey & sugar-coated, for me, to accept. I really don't like the magical plot was going. Director and writer, Peter Hedges' story of a small-town couple Jim (Joel Edgerton) & Cindy (Jennifer Garner) Green, trying to adopt, a child from an adoption agency; only to have their wished granted, when a mysterious boy named, Timothy (C.J Adams) show up on their property seem a bit too out-there to taken seriously. First off, I really don't like how the parents, just assume that the child is for them. You would think, at least, they would go to the police to report about a missing child or makes sure, he's doesn't have parents, before adopting him. Second off, isn't it, illegal to claim a child as your own, without reporting it!? How in the hell, did Jim and Cindy even got enroll him, in school, without proof of the child's age and identity? You would think, red flags would alarming, child services, when Timothy show up at a school, without a birth certificate, social security card or another reliable document. I was really, waiting for these two parents to be arrested for paternity or adoption fraud for sure. Sadly, the arrested, never happens. Not only that, but these two were able to adopt, another child, even after their last child, mysterious disappearance, later on the film. You would think, somebody in the Green's neighborhood, would be, questioning, what happen to Timothy, since he had an emotional impact on the community. Wouldn't there be a police investigation or something. It doesn't make a lick of sense, how they were able to get another child, seeing how they gave a crazy story about plant people to the adoption agency early in the middle. You would think, that the agency would sent them to a looney asylum over that. It really bugs me. Not only that, but these two parents, barely show any skills in parenting at all. They don't ask much questions to their child at all. They never learn, what Timothy likes and dislike, or even, spent much time with him. For most of the film, these two, act like selfish childish show-offs with daddy or family issue or prejudgment jerks to other parents and kids. Then there was the annoying clichés of the couple, completing their sentences that happen way too often. It was really bad, but don't get me wrong; the actors that played Cindy and Jim in this film, are some of the best actors, around. However, I really couldn't stand their characters, at all! They are just as over-the top & mean-spirited, as the supporting characters in this film. Don't get me wrong, like the main cast, playing the parents, the movie has a wide array of secondary cast members, like Dianne Wiest, Ron Livington and David Morse that are fine actors, but most of the supporting cast's characters were off-putting and one-dimensional to care about. It was disappointing. CJ Adams as Timothy had the other problem. In my opinion, his character was a little too much All-American Boy Scout. So his acting was a bit, cheeky. He was too optimistic, gullible, and passive to be taken serious. There were a lot of scenes with him that were a bit, too jarring for me. Most of them, came from the pool party. I really didn't get how plants can go into puberty, over a human female. I just saying. Another thing, that didn't make sense, is how Timothy is able to breath. For a plant, you would think, that he would be choking, most of the time, because how much, clothing, he's wearing. I think, that's the only reason, why he was, technically dying, because he wasn't getting enough photosynthesis light, through his skin. I know, these examples would seem, a bit of a science nitpick, but it's really good questions, worth asking. After all, this movie is plagued with plot-holes. While, the movie had good intentions, with the parenthood plot, its ridiculous story get somewhat lost, when the film spent, way too much time, on the pencil business is dying, subplot. I really found it, to be filler and not needed. It was very unfruitful. Another problem with this family drama movie is it's over the top whimsical music theme by Geoffrey Zanelli. I found the scenes with this, sound more cheesy, than inspiration. A good example of this, is the soccer sequences. The visuals with the music made it, very laughable. Overall: This force of nature tree movie, deserves the axe. Sadly, this wasn't that magical, worth saving. Not a great watch.

Ouch Walt Disney ... and yes I immediately had a feeling that this would be a pedantic family movie with a whopper of a moral. An enormous tearjerker which will give me a flashback of 40 years ago with my sniffing sisters on a pouffe staring at a similar funeral mood movie.But to be honest ... this film charmed me in a subtle way. The beautiful environment in which it all happened, the woods and the swirling leaves, the typical local farming village with a dying pencil factory and Pencil Museum, the social ties between the people, the snobbish irritating family and the chilly in-an-ivory-tower-living manager. This along with the lovely-looking Timothy who is super cuddly with his twinkling eyes and who appears in the lives of Cindy and Jim, a childless couple that while enjoying a glass of wine in the evening make a list of the ideal son, put it in a cigar box and plant it between the vegetables. From there, you know step by step what's going to happen, what's expected and what's the outcome ... but for once I didn't care, because I enjoyed it.A family movie that surely deserves a place in the gallery of "The better family movies ever". A smile, a tear and a sad but ultimately happy ending.Well, the advantage of getting older is that you also can appreciate such movies.The best and most funny moment was the prediction that Timothy, as a abominably bad soccer-player, would score the winning goal, came true ... except on the wrong side.More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/

I think people have definitely been negatively overreacting about this film. Yes, the movie does have a bit of depressing feel (and ending) but that doesn't make it a bad movie. Some people complain that there was not enough magic involved, but just because that's a part of the storyline doesn't mean the whole story needs to center around that! I thought that while this movie was somewhat unusual, the acting was still great and I believe unusual is good. The emotional factor of this movie was probably its strongest point, as I was definitely getting teared up at a few points. It made me think about the value of our time in life, and I believe any movie that really makes you think is worth your time. While you probably won't leave thinking this is your favorite movie ever, I believe anyone could enjoy it, as long as they come in with an open mind.