Life, Animated
4.1
(57)
Documentary
2016
91 min
PG
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.
Starring:
Owen Suskind
,
Ron Suskind
,
Jonathan Freeman
,
Gilbert Gottfried
Documentary
AD
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"Inspiring story of the struggle to understand and relate to a young autistic man as he moves out into a still protected but more independent life. "
Donna Thiessen
"I adored this movie!!! Really shows the power that cinema (and art in general) can have, to completely change a person’s life for the better! It brings me to tears just thinking of all the progress the boy (now a man) made throughout the film. It also meant a lot to see his journey onscreen, as a disabled person. Sometimes heart-wrenchingly relatable, and overall, beautiful and uplifting documentary."
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Pamela
