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Doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you find where you belong!
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 328 ratings · 2 Nov 2007 · English · 1h 46m · Released
A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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