Cindy can't stand her uptight boss Ms. Crudstaff Dianne Wiest , who figures most prominently in a scene in which Timothy volunteers to take another stab at drawing her portrait. As he lets her hair down and sketches her, one person in the screening shouted "Titanic," underlining a scene that already dripped with creepiness and unsettling intimacy between an elderly woman and a young boy.
Though that's not much more ridiculous than a scene in which Jim, Cindy and Timothy perform an a cappella version of War's "Low Rider," with Timothy on cowbell. Focusing on people who can't conceive and a character who springs from the page, "Odd Life" follows "The Babymakers" and "Ruby Sparks," respectively, without honestly confronting either situation. Instead, this offensive garbage, aside from the fair point about parents who filter their own failures through their children, hops from cloying moment to the next, whether it's Timothy attempting to steal an underwater kiss from a young girl trying to save his life or the film coldly moving on after the death of a family member.
The story of "Odd Life" unfolds as Cindy and Jim recount their experiences with Timothy, telling an adoption counselor Shohreh Aghdashloo , "You're going to find it hard to believe. He tells them her name is Joni Odeya Rush.
Jim tells Timothy he had a crush on a girl when he was his age…and he married her. At work, Franklin calls Jim in; the layoffs are happening, and Jim has to let everyone go.
It costs too much to keep making pencils, and the entire plant may close. Timothy asks if they can come up with an idea for a new kind of pencil, one that might be easier to manufacture.
Not wanting to disappoint their son, Jim and Cindy throw themselves into the project, and make a pencil that is almost entirely made of leaves. Cranky Ms. Crudstaff is unimpressed and makes small talk. She shows Timothy her newly commissioned portrait for the museum and explains that it was at great expense. Timothy tells her he would have done it for free. So, she challenges him, and he sketches her beautifully and accurately.
A bit too accurate, as he adds her chin hair, and she is insulted. Crudstaff after being so tolerant all these years, and she is fired. Franklin gets on the phone and shares the idea. It might save their jobs and the plant. Coach Cal refuses to let Timothy play. Timothy and Joni spend more time together, and Cindy is worried. Joni leads her into the woods…and shows her this beautiful space they have made, with handmade vines and mobiles and tapestries. Cindy realizes she was wrong.
Brenda is bragging how talented her kids are, and Cindy finally adds that Timothy is musical. At the end, Brenda announces Timothy for the encore. He says sure, but Cindy and Jim look horrified. Timothy picks up a block and stick and bangs out a rhythm on it. No one knows what he is doing. Then Cindy jumps up and joins, and the 3 of them jam. When they go home, they are happy that they had fun, and think their son rocks. When they tuck him in, he pulls another leaf from his ankle; this one is brown.
He tells Timothy not to move from that spot, and just stand still. The teams are tied, Jim tells him to run, and go and play. Joni rides up on her bike, holding a big piece of cardboard.
He smiles, and then plays. He is doing fantastic, and kicks an amazing goal as the time runs out…and scores for the other team. Franklin and the other parents are shocked that they lost. They go to the soccer team dinner in the school, and Timothy sees Joni and they leave together. Jim and Cindy go to spy. They see the two talk, hug, and Joni leaves, looking sad. They ask what happened, and he tells them that he had to let her go. When he gets home, he takes off his soccer gear and more leaves fall.
There is a town meeting, and everyone is agitated, hearing the closing rumors. The owner says that they were going to close, but with the new pencil invented by Franklin, the plant can stay open and they all keep their jobs.
Timothy speaks up, that Franklin is stealing credit for the pencil, and that Cindy and Jim invented it. People appear and disappear as if through a revolving door. Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is wasted as a bit-part botanist. Does no one in this idealised American small town think of Austrian basements when a strange child appears in their borough? And why do the doting parents — one of whom is lovely, soft Jennifer Garner — suddenly turn into a hypercompetitive tiger mom and soccer dad?
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