Mozart & The Whale (Widescreen)
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Actor: Allen Evangelista, Gary Cole, Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Sheila KelleyBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-12
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Mozart & The Whale (Widescreen)
Movie Review: A Glimpse in Asperger's, but sadly not a reality
Summary: 5 Stars
An interesting look into a boy meets girl couple with Asperger's Symdrome ( or A.S., A type of autism that affect people socially) and their friends who are attending a meet-up the main male character set up to be with others like himself. Although it seemed to me, from knowing a couple of high-functioning people with AS (one an adult and one a child) as well as seeing those who are less functioning on the streets whenever in a larger city, that the higher functioning people in the movie seem a little bit extreme as far as physical nuances (although this could be from my limited experience?) They ending (well, actually the whole story) is a fairy-tale with a Hollywoodized ending. The amazing thing about these special people is that they *do* tend to speak their minds when opinionated, and they *do* stick in the mud when they are confronted, as well as freak out &/or freeze when something is scary to them. BUT, as the director says in the commentary, which is VERY true, these people sometimes just blurt out what they feel, whereas we as a "civilized society" sometimes try to blur the issues, make up excuses, or if the other extreme, flat out lie about (or in) social situations, thus there is a lot of every one of us in these two amazing characters.
IF you are emotionally true to yourself, this movie will make you laugh, make you cry and cringe.
A beautiful story, which to a degree helps us get a glimpse of what Asperger's is about, only misses the family elements these people often grow up with, being told they are odd (at least), or worse being abused and discarded, or at the very least misunderstood and without a clue as to why, until and unless someone seeks treatment for them at an early age. (Our medical system could make testing for this part of a regular check-up, but hasn't yet.) Many not-so-well functioning people with Asperger's wind up on the streets talking to the walls, pushing shopping carts, and such, and are often though of as being psychotic.
It's good that someone brought the issue to light, but much more needs to be done! Our medical system adding screening not only for Asperger's, but all types of autism at a young age can help these people get earlier treatment and thus help them function better within our society.
If you know someone with Asperger's, it's likely you've probably misunderstood them, if you have a child with it, you've probably got people asking why kind of mother/father/grandparent are you that your child/grandchild would do such-in-such. Much of these behaviors can be corrected if these people get help VERY early on - the earlier the better! By teenage-hood and young adulthood, I understand from someone I know who has it, that it is more difficult to treat (I'd think because re-wiring the brain for using the cognitive to correct the social aspects of the disorder happens much more readily in children and per-teens, and is harder, but not impossible, with older people and adults.)
I'm glad to see a film that shows two adults with A.S., BUT the reality is you can probably go to ANY city in the US and find someone (or many people) that have this disorder. While trying to learn more about a friend's disorder, I discovered in our area alone, there are around 100 people looking for help, a support group, whatever contact ad help they can get after a diagnosis of a child or even adults and teens looking for help. It's sadder to see those on the streets we might assume are schizophrenic , who might be much better with help, but more than likely were simply thought of as lazy, different, difficult, etc. when they were kids by the adults in their lives.
Perhaps this film will start the ball rolling on autism awareness, as not all those who are autistic are rocking and spinning things!
Thanks to those who put this movie out, especially for those who cannot or don't know how to ask for help, or that they might even need it! It's out in the DVD world (And I pray theaters soon!) I hope more will come from this, like the director of not only this film, but BTW he also directed Rain Man (You can see the similarities early in the movie!)
Great movies and hope this director and others will catch on that the world needs more films like this, only perhaps not so sugar-coated as this was.
Summary of Mozart & The Whale (Widescreen)
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