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The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Fantasy · Drama · Comedy · 2012

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

Movie details

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

“He's a force of nature.”

2012 Fantasy · Drama · Comedy 1h 45m

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7.0 / 10

Community rating

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Hedges

Written by

Peter Hedges

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner

Cindy Green

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Jim Green

CJ Adams

CJ Adams

Timothy Green

Odeya Rush

Odeya Rush

Joni Jerome

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Evette Onat

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt

Brenda Best

David Morse

David Morse

James Green, Sr.

Court is in session

Put The Odd Life of Timothy Green on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.