Some times it feels too directed, but that's the nature of kid actors. You can't expect a kid's performance to be perfect and the story is a bit rusty, grinding through subjects and plot points that would like to be more smooth and oiled, while other parts should come with more care and time are a bit rushed and seemingly progress waaaaaaay too easy. I mean the kid is a mess, rejected a lot but he clings on to David ( John Cusack ) within a few minutes.
I haven't read the book nor ever adopted a kid so I don't know how long the writer spent on the adoption sequence, but in my opinion that would have to be one of the longer scenes in the movie.
It's alright though, it's not like you don't get the jist of who the kid is and who David is and what they are trying to explain about the dynamic.
A kid can watch this and understand it and maybe that was the point of the movie makers, to simplify it for kids, maybe?
I adopted a puppy once and that was pretty quick, maybe human puppies are as quick to adapt to new parents, who knows?
Anyways, if you see this movie come by or if you want to check it out, give it a shot.
It's a bit odd, but alright.
I haven't read the book nor ever adopted a kid so I don't know how long the writer spent on the adoption sequence, but in my opinion that would have to be one of the longer scenes in the movie.
It's alright though, it's not like you don't get the jist of who the kid is and who David is and what they are trying to explain about the dynamic.
A kid can watch this and understand it and maybe that was the point of the movie makers, to simplify it for kids, maybe?
I adopted a puppy once and that was pretty quick, maybe human puppies are as quick to adapt to new parents, who knows?
Anyways, if you see this movie come by or if you want to check it out, give it a shot.
It's a bit odd, but alright.