Sci-fi writer (and widower) adopts a problem child who believes he's from another planet. The means of expression are hackneyed and mawkish, and John Cusack's emotional reserves run only puddle-deep, but the warm, clean, well-lit photography of Robert Yeoman (on whose talents Wes Anderson holds no monopoly) will give the sensitive viewer something to cozy up to, something constant. With Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Sophie Okonedo, and Anjelica Huston; directed by Menno Meyjes. (2007) — Duncan Shepherd
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