Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a film full of wonderful, poignant moments that remind us of the importance of family and self-acceptance, but it seldom carries much of a story or the expected element of fantasy. It’s the rare movie that hits you hard with crucial messages that parents may need to absorb more than their children, although these “pearls of wisdom” contained within The Odd Life of Timothy Green may linger on in your mind more than the film’s somewhat thin plot and slightly askew screenplay. There are lines from the script that surprise you by their originality and quotability, but often times I felt as though director/writer Peter Hedges may have been pushing us faster to the end of Timothy’s journey more than he perhaps intended to. While my feelings toward the actual film went back and forth in my mind as I pondered what score to give it, I ultimately had to settle on one substantial component: The Odd Life of Timothy Green is the first film of 2012 to make me tear up, lump in throat included. Now that’s something magical. Read more on The Odd Life of Timothy Green (***)…
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