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.
This movie contains 1 potentially triggering events.
Perhaps. Autistic coded child is ridiculed, at times is source of comedy, and is outcast by other children.
Child is also ostracised by adults for “unusual” behaviour
Only by very vague implication depending on the lens of the viewer.
As a child viewer, I had no understanding of the child’s circumstances and accepted it as a quirky film.
As an adult, I can see how the titular character behaves “strangely” due to childhood trauma- likely exacerbated by what appears to be a form of ASD.