“Please don't ask about my leaves.”
There
have been a ton of movies and TV shows (or episodes of TV shows) about couples
who cannot have children. They try and try and nothing works. The final thing
they do is turn to adoption and to make things more dramatic sometimes the adoption
story does not go over well. Since I do not have children nor do I ever plan on
having any I find these stories not that enjoyable to sit through. I find them
boring as hell. Then why, you may be wondering, have I sat through The Odd Life of Timothy Green when the
story is just the kind about a couple not being able to have children? I will
give you the one and only reason: Jennifer Garner (if any of you know me you
will know I adore Jennifer Garner to no end, she is my hero).
The
story begins with Cindy (Garner) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton) sitting in the
meeting of an adoption agency. The adoption agent is curious about their answer
to one of their questions which was just the name Timothy. To explain why they
just simply put down the name they tell their story of what happened to them
the previous year.
Cindy
and Jim are told they cannot conceive a child. They are beyond devastated. To
try to get their minds off of their heartache they write down on pieces of
paper all the qualities they would want their child to have such as honest to a
fault, artistic, kind, loving, etc. Jim and Cindy take the pieces of paper and
burry them in their garden. That night a massive rain storm comes down. Jim and
Cindy see something running out of the corner of their eyes. They think someone
has broken into their home. When they run upstairs they find a young boy
covered in dirt with no clothes on. Cindy has the boy jump in the bath to get
the dirt off him and Jim goes downstairs to call the police to report a missing
child. As he is on the phone Jim looks out the window and sees a hold in the
ground in their garden where they had buried the pieces of paper. At the same
time upstairs Cindy notices that Timothy has leaves growing around his ankles.
The couple realize that Timothy is the child they had dreamed of.
Timothy
brings joy and happiness into the lives of his parents and everyone around him.
He encourages Jim and Cindy to be braver in their lives and more creative. Unfortunately,
Timothy does not have a lot of time with his parents. Every time he completes a
dream that Cindy and Jim have for him a leaf falls off his leg just as it would
on a tree. After the family arrives home at the beginning of a storm Timothy
tells his parents that he has to go. The storm knocks out the power and with
that Timothy disappears.
In
the end the agents that heard Jim and Cindy’s story bring a little girl to
them.
Jennifer
Garner and Joel Edgerton were great. Garner was beyond adorable in this. I am
so used to seeing her kick ass and be a tough chick from her show Alias and her movie Elektra that
whenever I see her playing a sweet character she just makes my heart melt.
Edgerton was excellent. I have not seen too many movies with him in it but
whatever I have seen him in I have enjoyed his talent. The kid who played
Timothy was fabulous he was perfect.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green was a very
good movie. I always thought it would be a sad movie since I knew the kid would
have to leave his parents but it turns out that it was not sad at all. As I mentioned
at the beginning I usually hate plots that deal with couples desperately
wanting a kid but I am happy to say that I finally found one that did not annoy
the hell out of me. I did not find the story too sappy or mushy and sweet I found
it enjoyable to watch. The Odd Life of
Timothy Green is definitely not for everyone. As I also mentioned I watched
the movie for Jennifer Garner otherwise I never would have seen this at all. The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a good
movie to watch with the whole family.
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