Call the trailer for The Odd Life of Timothy Green the flip-side of yesterday's grim sociopath drama We Need to Talk About Kevin. Just like in that clip, a mysterious child is born, except this one's not a soulless weirdo -- this time, he's a cute soccer player! And his mom isn't an exasperated Tilda Swinton -- it's a plucky Jennifer Garner! Luckily, one major similarity they share is quality. I can't believe I want to see this quaint Disney jam.
Point of order: When that muddy kid shows up in the cardboard box, it's scarier than anything in We Need to Talk About Kevin. It reminds me of The Others, and I don't mean that in the contrived Dream House way. It's just damn spooky when children are contained in corrugated fiberboard.
I don't know what to make of the kid (CJ Adams) and his outstretched, sorcerer arms at the end of the trailer yet. All I know is that The Odd Life of Timothy Green came about thanks to one of Ahmet Zappa's ideas (seriously), and so I'm banking on unforeseen weirdness. Or at least a Dweezil/Moon Unit cameo.
And did you hear that lady at the end of the trailer mutter, "Where did he come from?" I know the ever-cynical Ms. Rosemarie Dewitt when I hear her! May as well call this movie Rachel Getting Maternity already. I'm in, and I'm bringing my sun-dappled dreamchildren with me.
VERDICT: A beautiful, bouncing, semi-frightening baby boy!
[via Yahoo!]