The Odd Life of Timothy Green?

Me, my mom, and both my girls (12 & 6) LOVED it!!! I found it heartwarming. I don't want to ruin the movie for you so I will say that one part is a bit sad but, a part after kinda makes up for it. Go See IT!!!! Let us know how you liked it.

I think those kids were way over the top, and maybe it was good for them since one day they will experience a real loss. I see nothing wrong with movies that make us cry, sometimes it feels good. I have seen steal magnolias 100 times, and I know every time that I will cry. I plan to see it. I don't think it was ever billed as a movie for young kids anyways.

I really hope that video is fake and the kids are purposely overreacting. They are way too big not to understand loss and sadness. Crying is one thing, but this?
Either way it's pathetic: act like a fool to get a bunch of hits on youtube, or be so protective over your kids' feelings that their emotional growth is freakishly stunted.

Just got back from seeing it . . . oh my gosh it is so good on so many levels. But yes, you probably will cry. My husband and I both did (and he's not a cryer).

As weird a premise as it sounds, it is wonderful. ETA: Timothy Green doesn't get "killed off."

Also, I didn't watch the youtube of the boys.

Most parents will love this. It brings out alot of the crazy and touching points of parenting, all at the same time. There's something just really simple and pure about it, as outlandish as the premise is.

OK, this is written after the SWH, but I have to tell you guys about my first movie experience. I watched part of the you tube video, and maybe the parents were egging them on just a bit, but some kids are very tenderhearted. Take me for instance. When I was about three or four, my mom took me to see my first movie. It was Bambi, and yes, I cried a bit from that movie, but it was the "bonus feature" at the end that actually did me in. Has anyone ever seen "Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey"? Well, in case you haven't, let me give you the short version. Nestor is a young donkey who was born with really long ears, and they got in his way, he tripped over them, etc. His mother loved him just the way he was of course but all of the other animals picked on him, and the mean stable owner where he lived kicked him out in a snow storm. Now, here is the part that I couldn't handle. His mother shielded his body from the blizzard and kept him warm so that he would survive, but she FROZE TO DEATH!!! Now, being a kids movie, they handled this situation with kid gloves, but I was already fragile. My parents had just split up, my father left the house, and I asked continuously if my mom was going to leave too. So when I saw that Nestor's mother had died, I lost it. Completely lost it, and we had to leave the theater. We went home and I continued to cry for THREE HOURS. Yes, I did. No exageration. I actually remember all of this.
So what did I do when I saw this video for sale years ago at the movie store? Well, I bought it of course. And yes, I have shown it to my children (no, I really don't know what I was thinking), but their reaction was nothing like mine. Thank goodness! We laugh about my reaction now, but back then, it was traumatizing!

Those boys are WAY over the top. I think they were hamming itupbecause their parents were laughing. It is a heartwarming movie. My husband got testy eyed a little. I usually do,but didn't for this movie. Go see it.

From what I've read and heard about it, it is melancholy. It is not a HORRIBLE sad movie, but it is not a "Disney Ending" where everything ends up peachy fine. I think it may be a "good cry" movie.

I haven't seen the movie, but I am planning on it, because of the good reviews and I keep hearing good things about it.

Frankly, I think the boys in the video are faking it, because towards the end they are able to turn the crying off and on at the drop of a pin. It also looks like the boy on the right in the brown stripe shirt is trying hard not to laught at times. Sad.

Don't let the video of two overreacting boys change your mind. If I lived near you I'd be happy to go with you to the movie Grandma T! I hope you go and enjoy it

Sweet movie. Cried like a baby!

Well... I hear it's good. But if the horse dies, or the dog dies, or the cat dies, or the kid dies, I don't see it. I've never been able to handle that sort of emotional stuff. Real life is hard enough - I don't need "entertainment" like that!

But you're wise to check with real people. It's a much better avenue of research than YouTube.

I think it's pretty sick to video your kids crying like that. Who thinks that that is something that the world needs to see? It's weird to me... I don't know.

From what I've seen, most kids don't cry that far after a movie, either. They cry while watching it. I think the video is pre-planned. Oh well.

I would not let a ridiculous youtube video deter me from seeing any movie.

And, thanks a whole hell of a lot to"B" - for responding with a spoiler. The OP hasn't seen it, why would you post an answer like that?!

Maybe I'm not as sensitive as I used to be, but my eyes watered but I didn't cry. Neither did my husband or 3 kids, but they are older, 16, 12 and 9. I can see how people do cry tho. My son was in hysterics after he watched Frosty for the first time and he melted. OMG! It was YEARS before he would watch it again! Anyway, its good, you'll like it. =)

It's happy, sad and funny all rolled into one good movie! Worth seeing

My 9 year old daughter had alligator tears but she was still glad we saw it. We loved it!

That would be my kids if they watched a movie where the kid died.

I'm sure I'd like it - but would never show it to my kiddo's. They are WAY too tender hearted to watch something like that.

Ok so the parents of the children I am a nanny for want me to take the kids to see this movie. I am not sure if it is appropriate for them. they are 8 and 10. can some one private box me and tell me if the kid dies in the end. if he does I can't take them to see it. thanks