The Odd Life of Timothy Green is an American fantasy drama film directed by Peter Hedges and released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 15, 2012. Based on a concept by Ahmet Zappa, the film is about a magical pre-adolescent boy whose personality and naivete have profound effects on the people in his town. It received mixed reviews from critics and had modest ticket sales in its debut weekend.
Plot of The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The film is told from the perspective of Cindy (Jennifer Garner) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton), as they explain their experience with Timothy (CJ Adams) in an effort to persuade an adoption agency to allow the couple to adopt a child.
Cindy, who works in the town's local museum and Jim, who is employed at the town's historic pencil factory, reside in the drought-stricken town of Stanleyville, North Carolina. The Greens are informed by doctors that they are unable to conceive. Distraught by the news, Jim convinces Cindy to dream up their ideal child and write the child's characteristics and life events on slips of notepad paper.
The couple places the notes inside a box and bury it in their backyard garden. After a thunderstorm, which seemingly affects only their property, a ten year-old arrives at their home, claiming the Greens as his parents. After finding the box they buried smashed to pieces around a large hole in the ground where they originally buried it and finding the boy inside their house, covered in mud, they realize that the boy, named Timothy, is actually a culmination of all their wishes of what their child would be. The Greens also discover that Timothy has a startling feature; he has leaves growing on his legs.
The next day, at a family picnic, Timothy is introduced to members of his family: Brenda Best (Rosemarie DeWitt), Cindy's pompous sister; James Green Sr. (David Morse), Jim's estranged father; and Mel (Lois Smith) and Bub (M. Emmet Walsh), Cindy's parental aunt and uncle. The parents take Timothy to their friend and town botanist Reggie (Lin-Manuel Miranda), where they learn that Timothy's leaves cannot be removed.
Cast of The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Jennifer Garner as Cindy Green
Joel Edgerton as Jim Green
CJ Adams as Timothy Green. Adams was chosen to be cast in the titular role after working with Hedges in Dan in Real Life.
Ron Livingston as Franklin Crudstaff
Rosemarie DeWitt as Brenda Best
Dianne Wiest as Ms. Crudstaff
Kryshaon Avery as Shelly Jones
Michael Arden as Doug Wert
Lois Smith as Aunt Mel
Rhoda Griffis as Dr. Lesley Hunt
Sharon Morris as Principal
Odeya Rush as Joni Jerome
Jason Davis as Bart Best
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Reggie
M. Emmet Walsh as Uncle Bub
David Morse as James "Big Jim" Green Sr.
Steve Coulter as Charlie Frohn
Tim Ware as Mayor Handleman
Michael Beasley as Cop
Cullen Moss as Cop
Common as Coach Cal
James Rebhorn as Joseph Crudstaff
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Evette Onat
Plot of The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The film is told from the perspective of Cindy (Jennifer Garner) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton), as they explain their experience with Timothy (CJ Adams) in an effort to persuade an adoption agency to allow the couple to adopt a child.
Cindy, who works in the town's local museum and Jim, who is employed at the town's historic pencil factory, reside in the drought-stricken town of Stanleyville, North Carolina. The Greens are informed by doctors that they are unable to conceive. Distraught by the news, Jim convinces Cindy to dream up their ideal child and write the child's characteristics and life events on slips of notepad paper.
The couple places the notes inside a box and bury it in their backyard garden. After a thunderstorm, which seemingly affects only their property, a ten year-old arrives at their home, claiming the Greens as his parents. After finding the box they buried smashed to pieces around a large hole in the ground where they originally buried it and finding the boy inside their house, covered in mud, they realize that the boy, named Timothy, is actually a culmination of all their wishes of what their child would be. The Greens also discover that Timothy has a startling feature; he has leaves growing on his legs.
The next day, at a family picnic, Timothy is introduced to members of his family: Brenda Best (Rosemarie DeWitt), Cindy's pompous sister; James Green Sr. (David Morse), Jim's estranged father; and Mel (Lois Smith) and Bub (M. Emmet Walsh), Cindy's parental aunt and uncle. The parents take Timothy to their friend and town botanist Reggie (Lin-Manuel Miranda), where they learn that Timothy's leaves cannot be removed.
Cast of The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Jennifer Garner as Cindy Green
Joel Edgerton as Jim Green
CJ Adams as Timothy Green. Adams was chosen to be cast in the titular role after working with Hedges in Dan in Real Life.
Ron Livingston as Franklin Crudstaff
Rosemarie DeWitt as Brenda Best
Dianne Wiest as Ms. Crudstaff
Kryshaon Avery as Shelly Jones
Michael Arden as Doug Wert
Lois Smith as Aunt Mel
Rhoda Griffis as Dr. Lesley Hunt
Sharon Morris as Principal
Odeya Rush as Joni Jerome
Jason Davis as Bart Best
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Reggie
M. Emmet Walsh as Uncle Bub
David Morse as James "Big Jim" Green Sr.
Steve Coulter as Charlie Frohn
Tim Ware as Mayor Handleman
Michael Beasley as Cop
Cullen Moss as Cop
Common as Coach Cal
James Rebhorn as Joseph Crudstaff
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Evette Onat
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