Screen Reviews: The Odd Life of Timothy Green

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green by Alex Stroup

Magic brings a boy into a couples life and blandness ensues.

Read it here!

[Jimbo996]

Sounds like a "Benjamin Button" movie without the good acting.

There's a misspelling in this sentence "The only acknowledgement of the oddity being that they make him always where knee-high socks to hide the fact that he has leaves growing out of his calves." where = wear???

[Alex S.]

The typo has been fixed.

[jms1969]

Saw this over the weekend, and it was better than I expected. While I can't argue the fact that parts were more than a little predictable, and that there were a couple plot holes that I thought could have been filled in a little better, it was a good film for the kids and was enough to hold my interest.

[dban3]

Yikes!

I usually take YouTube with a grain of salt but after this one....maybe there should be a thread for Movies to Avoid - 2 young critics after seeing the Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green (major spoiler alert) also avoid if you don't want to see kids crying uncontrollably.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aFV1...layer_embedded

[LtPowers]

I usually take YouTube with a grain of salt but after this one....maybe there should be a thread for Movies to Avoid - 2 young critics after seeing the Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green (major spoiler alert) also avoid if you don't want to see kids crying uncontrollably.

Why the heck would anyone film that and post it on YouTube?

(Also, I had a hunch after seeing the trailer that the spoiled event would come to pass; so predictable!)


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[jms1969]

Yikes!

I usually take YouTube with a grain of salt but after this one....maybe there should be a thread for Movies to Avoid - 2 young critics after seeing the Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green (major spoiler alert) also avoid if you don't want to see kids crying uncontrollably.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aFV1...layer_embedded

I saw the You Tube video too, and shame on the parents for being "fame-hounds" and posting a video like this that will likely haunt these kids for a long time. While I don't want want to judge anyone too strongly without any background, I'd say that the family appears to have issues that go far beyond this movie.

(I'll do the rest of this post in general terms, and don't intend to give anything away, but in the interest of caution, I'll give a SPOILER ALERT)

Disney movies since their beginning have usually included sad or scary events which allows the viewer to empathize with the characters and share in their joy when they overcome them. From the famous scene of Snow White "dying" with the dwarves removing their hats all around her, to Bambi's monther and Mufasa in the Lion King, to moments of "terror" where it appears the villains are winning, most or all Disney movies have their moments that can scare impressionable young children and/or require parents to reassure their children if they fixate on them. Timothy Green has a lot in common with these movies, and if your child can handle the types of scenes I mentioned, they are unlikely to have an issue with this movie.