The Odd Life of Timothy Green

"'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' is Disney's formula flawlessly executed (...) a peculiar fable that touches universal emotions (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"'The Odd Life of Timothy Green,' a warm and lovely fantasy, is the kind of full-bodied family film being pushed aside in favor of franchises and slam-bang confusion (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)" 

"With just the right dose of magic and no shortage of sentiment, this inspirational parenting tale from writer-director Peter Hedges plays like 'Mary Poppins' in reverse" 

"What mars 'Timothy Green' most is its middle-of-the-road approach. Its appealingly quirky, fairy-tale-like center is so coated with sugar, it cloys. It’s not that 'Timothy Green' is odd, but that it isn’t odd enough (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)" 

"The ghastliness of this damp and squishy comedy is the byproduct of a confused and earnest sentimentality, a willful devotion to wide-eyed wonder that confuses simplicity with simple-mindedness"