Directed by:
Menno MeyjesScreenplay:
Jonathan TolinsCinematography:
Robert D. YeomanComposer:
Aaron ZigmanCast:
John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, David Kaye, Richard Schiff, Anjelica Huston, Howard Hesseman, Colin Ford (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267446_915377.jpg)
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Bobby Coleman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276821_984fcb.jpg)
Bobby Coleman
USA
Best movies:
The Last Song (2010)
Martian Child (2007)
Must Love Dogs (2005)
![Amanda Peet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/287/165287104_987879.jpg)
Amanda Peet
USA
Best movies:
Identity (2003)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
The Way Way Back (2013)
![Sophie Okonedo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/142/164142104_c1b317.png)
Sophie Okonedo
UK
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
![Joan Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/684/163684950_b2b746.jpg)
Joan Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Klaus (2019)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
![Oliver Platt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440882_e23b11.jpg)
Oliver Platt
Canada
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Benny & Joon (1993)
![David Kaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272591_95c239.jpg)
David Kaye
Canada
Best movies:
X-Men 2 (2003)
Up (2009)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
![Richard Schiff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269153_08c68b.jpg)
Richard Schiff
USA
![Anjelica Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/296/164296524_f3fb9e.jpg)
Anjelica Huston
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
![Howard Hesseman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/407/407734_0440c2.jpg)
Howard Hesseman
USA
Best movies:
Silent Movie (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
![Colin Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/496/167496014_hbah4i.jpg)
Colin Ford
USA
Best movies:
Disconnect (2012)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
![Samuel Patrick Chu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278016_a715d5.jpg)
Samuel Patrick Chu
Canada
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Martian Child (2007)
The Christmas Secret (2000) (TV movie)
![Hrothgar Mathews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325369_ebe01d.jpg)
Hrothgar Mathews
Canada
Best movies:
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV movie)
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006) (TV movie)
Kimani Ray Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Taken (2002) (series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
![David Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/176/160176139_3edecc.jpg)
David Lewis
Canada
Best movies:
Man of Steel (2013)
Door to Door (2002) (TV movie)
Helen (2009)
![Peter Bryant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/280/164280722_10ce8d.jpg)
Peter Bryant
Best movies:
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) (TV movie)
Taken (2002) (series)
Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
![Angela Besharah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000342_783b73.jpg)
Angela Besharah
Canada
Best movies:
Numb (2007)
Martian Child (2007)
The Conspiracy (2012)
![Zak Ludwig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/382/159382056_9c1ef2.jpg)
Zak Ludwig
Canada
Best movies:
Martian Child (2007)
Slither (2006)
Chasing Christmas (2005) (TV movie)
Jonathan Holmes
UK
Best movies:
Hulk Vs. (2009)
Helen (2009)
Nightwatching (2007)
![Tony Alcantar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/220/163220716_9014dd.jpg)
Tony Alcantar
USA
Best movies:
Numb (2007)
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Big Eyes (2014)