Depressed they write down the things they want to be in their child, after knowing that they can not have a child, the thing that makes their sorrow, but after a strong storms, something happens that inspires their life, as they find out a small boy named Timothy, who calls him as his mother and father.
It's hard to believe that Hedges once wrote some decent light fiction (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, An Ocean in Iowa) before he started making greeting-card movies like Dan in Real Life and this one.
From director and writer Peter Hedges comes a wonderful tale about the power of intention, being careful of what you wish for, self-acceptance, love, loss, and new beginnings.
"There comes a point where "Odd Life of Timothy Green" is just too sentimental and too odd."
Miami Herald
August 16, 2012
A fable about parenting and its accompanying joys and sorrows, done in the trademark Walt Disney style of pleasant, feel-good entertainment that doesn't leave much of an emotional trace.
Likely to please younger audiences who will find the simple, fairy story style arc comfortingly familiar and the central protagonist quirkily relatable.
