A married couple are told that they can't have kids. So they make a wish and all of the sudden, they find a boy with leaves on his legs. The boy brings magic to their lives as well as the rest of the town.
Review:
Generally speaking, I enjoy a good "feel good movie" as well as anything fantasy-ish. But this was not very good at all. I think it tried way too hard to be this supernatural fairy tale type thing. The plot is uninspired, the acting is terrible, the ending is predictable and the script is just a mishmash of ideas done well in better movies and poorly here.
Basically, there is this married couple, Jim and Cindy Green. Cindy is unable to conceive. So they write a series of wishes for their dream child who would be talented at sports and music. They bury their wishes in a box. After a rainy night, they suddenly find a mysterious boy named Timothy who has leaves on his legs. Jim and Cindy make Timothy wear knee socks to cover the leaves. At school Timothy meets a nice girl but Jim and Cindy don't see her as a good influence on him. Throughout the movie, each of Timothy's leaves falls off. Then before his last leaf falls off, Timothy informs Jim and Cindy that when all of his leaves fall off, he goes away. Then the last leaf falls off and Timothy vanishes. That's the whole movie right there. I just saved you 80 minutes.
On a positive note, it was quite emotional at times and it had a few comical moments. I liked the cowbell scene which I will admit is quite humorous.
Overall, it was an unfortunate letdown. I do not recommend this film.
In the end, I'll say "The Odd Life of Timothy Green", while emotional at times, suffers from an uninspired storyline and poorly drawn characters.
Max Scale:
4/10
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