Before I start this review, I want to mention how much I love instant Netflix. I have a little Roku box where I can stream movies right to my TV in my bedroom, so on days like today...when I am sick miserable with a cold...I can stay in bed and still watch my movies! Not to mention the many, many documentaries I get to choose from that are available online. I am a sucker for random documentaries.
Last night I chose this one, after closing my eyes and flipping through my queue until it randomly landed here. At first I wasn't sure I really understood where the filmmaker (Tom Murray) was trying to go with this. By the little information snippet, I thought it was about his brother, Chris Murray who is diagnosed with Autism, and has become an artist. About halfway through, I realized that it was really about the entire family, and what they had gone through, both with the challenges of a special needs child/sibling, and also a father who had some mental health issues. It was like watching someone else's home movies. It was an interesting story, and Chris is really a good artist. I fell in love with him during the movie, and really cared about the story they were telling. I recommend this to anyone who has a family member with special needs. Of course I got a lot out of it, especially the part where Janice, the boys mother, talks about her birth experience, and the way they told her about the possible "limits" her son would face. She clearly thought there was more out there for her son, and went out of her way to get him the best therapies and treatment options available. This was a really great story. I really enjoyed it, and am definitely looking more into Chris as an artist.
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