just finished Mary and Max

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18 Nov 2011, 6:55 pm

Same (the whole thing though). I'm watching it again next week.

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18 Nov 2011, 7:16 pm

I adore this film, as a wonderfully sad look at isolation.

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19 Nov 2011, 4:45 am

I borrowed it from the library and I really enjoyed it. I watched it with my friend (who also has AS) and now we both quote the 'grandpappy Ralph' part about the nipples because it makes one of our carers blush! The reason I liked it was because it showed a very different, and for many, more realistic view on Aspergers. The isolation, the depression etc. A lot of films just seem to be like this:

horribly disabled kid. Parent freaks out at AS/autism diagnosis. Kid becomes maths prodigy. Kid wins maths contest. Kid becomes professor.

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