My Name is Khan (2010)

Okay, this movie took me two nights to watch.  I have no idea why I even put it in my queue other than maybe the plot seemed interesting to me.  I also have no idea why I loved it as much as I did. It was most definitely a flawed movie...but I freaking loved it.  This movie is about a Muslim man with Aspergers Syndrome, living in America during the 9/11 attacks. This movie was heartbreaking and beautiful...and then over the top and cheesy too....oh yeah....and super freaking LONG.  The running time on this sucker was 2 hours and 41 minutes. I couldn't handle it the first night, even though I was really into it, I knew I couldn't do the whole thing, so I quit the first night and finished the next.  Rizwan Khan, played by Shah Rukh Khan was by far one of my favorite movie characters since Forrest Gump (which I think he reminded me of anyway) so sweet, innocent, and determined. The story was great, the main stars were fantastic and the first half of this movie was absolutely stunning.....then it sort of flipped into a overly dramatic/Lifetime movie version of Forrest Gump. It became a little too far fetched for me and was just really out there.  However, the good way outweighed the bad and cheesy for me, and I ended up falling in love with the movie anyway.  I looked past the bad acting of a lot of the extra's and some of the supporting roles (which a lot of it was REALLY bad) the main characters were incredible.  This was subtitled though some of it was in english, that got distracting a little too, the whole back and forth of it.  Particularly during the news sequences.  This movie really worked for me though because of the message. Especially during the past few weeks I thought it was really worth watching, especially now.  If you can look past the last hour and its far fetched cheesiness...you should come out liking this movie. I would love to see what other people think of it.
My Name is Khan (2010)