The Odd Life Of Timothy Green

PG
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams and Odeya Rush
Running Time: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

This was indeed an odd life for Timothy Green. This movie was very unusual. It stars Jennifer Garner as Cindy Green, a young wife who was devastated because of she and her husbands infertility. Her husband is Jim Green, played by Joel Edgerton.
After they have tried every possible avenue to conceive a child and their doctor tells them that they have done everything that they can do, they write down all of their wishes for the characteristics of a child on small pieces of paper and put them in a wooden box and bury the box outside in their garden.
Later that night, after a drought in their community, there is a big storm outside and miraculously, a young boy covered in dirt appears inside their home, calling them mom and dad.
He is completely happy and content to be with Cindy and Jim. They are in shock and they don't understand what has just taken place. They accept him as their own child and go about their own business trying to be new parents to a young boy and explain to others how this young man has suddenly become a part of their family.
They find as time goes by that he has every characteristic that they had wished for in a child and exactly the same characteristics that they had put down on the papers that they put in the wooden box that they buried.
Young Timothy has an unusual feature in that he has small leaves growing on the lower part of his legs that they cover up with socks so others will not see his leaves and think that he is different.
Timothy develops a crush on Joni Jerome (Odeya Rush) an older girl with a birthmark and forms a special relationship with her because of their physical differences.
Timothy was a very special child and helped them to learn how to be parents and believe in themselves.
This movie was very unusual. It had some very touching and heart-wrenching moments and some scenes that I found to be completely unbelievable and strange. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I couldn't get beyond the strange nature of his existence.
Parents be advised, this movie has some scenes that will confuse and bewilder some children. I feel that it would be appropriate for children ages ten and older.
 I am giving "The Odd Life Of Timothy Green" two and a half bags of popcorn!

The Bourne Legacy

PG-13
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton and Oscar Issac
Running Time: 2 Hours and 15 Minutes

This is a spin-off of the super-popular Bourne series by Robert Ludlum.  Beginning with Bourne Identity in 2002, followed with The Bourne Supremacy and then The Bourne Ultimatum. Matt Damon starred as Jason Bourne in this very popular movie series.
Remembering back to the original movies, Jason Bourne had amnesia and could not recall his past.
This movie begins with Jeremy Renner starring as Aaron Cross who finds out that the situation he is in is a result of all of the events of the three previous movies. His memory is intact and he has been given two kinds of medicines that have both mentally and physically altered him by operatives in the Outcome project. He finds himself in many precarious situations where he is literally fighting for his life and his world is turned upside down.
He is very capable and independent. He is surprised to find out the medicines he has been taking have been altering him.
When he runs out of his medicines, he needs to find the doctor who has been administering them to him. Dr. Marta Shearing (Rached Weisz) is the doctor that was assigned to him. She has been going through her own trauma with the Outcome project. She is about to leave and go stay with her sister when she encounters Aaron Cross. He hunts her down in desperate need of more medicine. When he finds her at her beautiful country home which is under renovation, she is under siege with some operatives and fighting for her life. Cross rescues her and then they become fugitives and are on the run. They go to the Philippines where the drugs are manufactured. There they encounter even more action sequences and hostility and they become wanted by just about everyone.
I really enjoyed this movie. It kept my interest and the action scenes were good. There is a motorcycle chase scene that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Jeremy Renner was really good as Aaron Cross. He is believable as Cross and has great appeal as a hero.
Rachel Weisz was superb as Dr. Shearing. She was perfect as this character.
Parents be advised, this movie definitely has spy-action violence and suspense. Also some wild-animal violence, strong language and a sexual situation. I would recommend this movie for children ages fourteen and over.
I am giving "The Bourne Legacy" three bags of popcorn!