The Odd Life of Timothy Green Reviews
The Patriot Ledger
Instead of wanting to turn over a new "leaf," I wound up OD-ing on sap.
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| Original Score: C
The Sunday Age
As odd as the title suggests, this is a strange and dreadfully overwrought family yarn.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Radio Times
Not so much moving as stomach churning.
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| Original Score: 2/5
SFX Magazine
It looks and sounds like your average family feelgood movie, but everything else about it is just plain odd.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Scotsman
A slice of retro whimsy, it's rooted to nothing in particular and is inoffensive in every way except its overwhelming blandness.
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| Original Score: 2/5
HeyUGuys
The Odd Life of Timothy Green, finds Disney at an altogether new low, capped off by a cringeworthy dance sequence that will make you scream for Timothy to crawl back into his magical hole.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Flick Filosopher
Timothy's magic is as modest as can be, and its aim is a bit off... [U]ndemanding, inoffensive, and instantly forgettable.
Daily Mail [UK]
This is a remarkably bonkers example of Hollywood schmaltz. It's so glossy and gooey, it makes Forrest Gump look like Fight Club.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Little White Lies
A gooey mess, but not an entirely dislikable one.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Express
A bizarre parable about parenting, the picture is nicely acted and occasionally touching but the lugubrious story is both dull and preposterous.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Guardian [UK]
The Odd Life Of Timothy Green made me shiver, like having a lizard crawl over your face when you're asleep.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Daily Telegraph
Has ever a film battled more fruitlessly against the creepiness of its own premise than The Odd Life of Timothy Green?
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| Original Score: 2/5
Financial Times
Disney gone pathologically fey.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Sky Movies
It's not afraid to deal with darker issues - that childhood isn't forever - and Adams plays it just the right side of mawkish while Hedges makes sure it's anything but a smooth ride.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ViewLondon
Relentlessly mawkish wish-fulfilment fantasy drama that fails to engage on any meaningful level, to the point where you end up feeling sorry for the actors.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Top Critic
Birmingham Post
The bittersweet mood pervades until the final frames when Hedges contrives a satisfying resolution that should leave a few lumps in throats.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Scotsman
This is wholesome whimsy, but only the very green can fail to spot where the plot is heading after the first leaf drops and the symbolism needs pruning.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Empire Magazine
It has quirky charm and a tender heart, but the treacly sentiment may become wearisome.
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| Original Score: 3/5
