The movie stars Hugh Dancy (Ella Enchanted, Black Hawk Down), Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later, X-Men First Class), Peter Gallagher (High Spirits, American Beauty), and Amy Irving (Carrie, I'm Not Rappaport).
The plot revolves around the budding relationship between a person with Aspergers and a school teacher.
There were a few scenes at the start of the movie which worked for me. The laundry scene I thought was good. And the scene on the stoop was good also. I had a conversation about diet Coke and Mentos that even while I was talking I was thinkng what the hell am I doing. I also thought the astronomy scene in Dancys apartment was well done as well.
I thought the scene about Dancy state of panic before the date was well done. Dancys portrail of someone with Aspergers was accurate. He is not likable and he is a very hard person to deal with. The scene after the funeral with Dancys friend was well done also.
The basic Aspergers language was dead on. Does not go too much deeper then skin deep but the information given was correct. I think there are simularities between Adam and Sandra Bullocks character in All About Steve (got a few Rasperies a few years ago. I thought her movie The Proposal was a much worse movie but thats another post).
The characters seemed to ease into dating and having sex. Maybe a little lacking in the distnct events that would lead people to eather situation.
Is this a great movie no, is it accurate about Aspergers yes at least on a basic level. I thought the ending of the movie was a good way to end it. Maybe not the hoped for Hollywood ending but more realistic. The rough number of Aspies who get married that end in divorce is somewhere around 80% give or take. You think that 50% is bad try 80%. The characters deal with stuff and move on as best they can.
This was a situation where I was glad to watch the credits. Some of the people who were thanked were Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig, Rob Morrow, and Julianna Margules. Just thought it was neat.
Im rating this movie as a B. If you are tired of typical Hollywood movies go out and stream or rent this one.
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