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I'm sorry to say this, but this 2012 Disney movie used too much fertilizer on its story. It was a little too hokey & sugar-coated, for me, to accept. I really don't like the magical plot was going. Director and writer, Peter Hedges' story of a small-town couple Jim (Joel Edgerton) & Cindy (Jennifer Garner) Green, trying to adopt, a child from an adoption agency; only to have their wished granted, when a mysterious boy named, Timothy (C.J Adams) show up on their property seem a bit too out-there to taken seriously. First off, I really don't like how the parents, just assume that the child is for them. You would think, at least, they would go to the police to report about a missing child or makes sure, he's doesn't have parents, before adopting him. Second off, isn't it, illegal to claim a child as your own, without reporting it!? How in the hell, did Jim and Cindy even got enroll him, in school, without proof of the child's age and identity? You would think, red flags would alarming, child services, when Timothy show up at a school, without a birth certificate, social security card or another reliable document. I was really, waiting for these two parents to be arrested for paternity or adoption fraud for sure. Sadly, the arrested, never happens. Not only that, but these two were able to adopt, another child, even after their last child, mysterious disappearance, later on the film. You would think, somebody in the Green's neighborhood, would be, questioning, what happen to Timothy, since he had an emotional impact on the community. Wouldn't there be a police investigation or something. It doesn't make a lick of sense, how they were able to get another child, seeing how they gave a crazy story about plant people to the adoption agency early in the middle. You would think, that the agency would sent them to a looney asylum over that. It really bugs me. Not only that, but these two parents, barely show any skills in parenting at all. They don't ask much questions to their child at all. They never learn, what Timothy likes and dislike, or even, spent much time with him. For most of the film, these two, act like selfish childish show-offs with daddy or family issue or prejudgment jerks to other parents and kids. Then there was the annoying clichés of the couple, completing their sentences that happen way too often. It was really bad, but don't get me wrong; the actors that played Cindy and Jim in this film, are some of the best actors, around. However, I really couldn't stand their characters, at all! They are just as over-the top & mean-spirited, as the supporting characters in this film. Don't get me wrong, like the main cast, playing the parents, the movie has a wide array of secondary cast members, like Dianne Wiest, Ron Livington and David Morse that are fine actors, but most of the supporting cast's characters were off-putting and one-dimensional to care about. It was disappointing. CJ Adams as Timothy had the other problem. In my opinion, his character was a little too much All-American Boy Scout. So his acting was a bit, cheeky. He was too optimistic, gullible, and passive to be taken serious. There were a lot of scenes with him that were a bit, too jarring for me. Most of them, came from the pool party. I really didn't get how plants can go into puberty, over a human female. I just saying. Another thing, that didn't make sense, is how Timothy is able to breath. For a plant, you would think, that he would be choking, most of the time, because how much, clothing, he's wearing. I think, that's the only reason, why he was, technically dying, because he wasn't getting enough photosynthesis light, through his skin. I know, these examples would seem, a bit of a science nitpick, but it's really good questions, worth asking. After all, this movie is plagued with plot-holes. While, the movie had good intentions, with the parenthood plot, its ridiculous story get somewhat lost, when the film spent, way too much time, on the pencil business is dying, subplot. I really found it, to be filler and not needed. It was very unfruitful. Another problem with this family drama movie is it's over the top whimsical music theme by Geoffrey Zanelli. I found the scenes with this, sound more cheesy, than inspiration. A good example of this, is the soccer sequences. The visuals with the music made it, very laughable. Overall: This force of nature tree movie, deserves the axe. Sadly, this wasn't that magical, worth saving. Not a great watch.
