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I enjoyed this. Definitely in the same vein as Okja and Snowpiercer rather than Memories of Murder or Parasite.
RP was fantastic as all the Mickeys. NA too. They had great chemistry and both were believable and great and made the film.
SY was lacklustre tbh. I know he can act, he was fab in Nope but this film just didn’t work for him.
Same with MR. I do generally like him but this felt like a feigned in Trump…
Oh wow oh wow.
I try not to go into films with any expectation but I’d heard so many good things and new about the RTA programme and thought it was amazing, the film did not disappoint.
I find that rarely we get gems that truly capture what it means to be a person, to live, to experience, a real piece of human soul in film. That sounds cliche but there is something so genuine and profound about this film,…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
watching this film as part of my dissertation on the representation of autism
I can’t rate this 1/2 a star because the children themselves are innocent and I really feel for them. The documentary also shows the behaviours and characteristics of autism within children, and the difficulties they face within school and dealing with their autism.
However.
The parents are disgusting. A teaching assistant being like “imagine the opportunities he would have... if he wasn’t autistic” as if autism is…
