WasAnnon
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Matylda Swan
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
rugghedd
I warily waded into this one, skeptical that two young H'wood hotties would have the acting chops to make me believe they had Asperger's. The perky alt-pop song over the clichéd opening aerial "city" shots was a bad omen---"another film targeted for date-flickers who don't want real-life to intrude on a cute, predictable love story." Ten minutes later, I'm actually laughing at the lameness of the portrayals. Josh Hartnett seems like a nice-enough bloke, but he's in way over his head here; he seems more shy than afflicted. Radha Mitchell apparently has one note to play in all her roles---nervous, twitchy, disturbed, chain-smoking, about to blow a fuse. See Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" and you'll see the same character, only now she supposedly has Asperger's. Although you wouldn't know that by watching her---she talks and acts pretty normal. Another young, attractive, red-haired actress in their "group" seems like a student in a high school drama/improv exercise who's been told that her character has autism and is given a few seconds to come up with something suitably "autistic" to say. When Radha Mitchell's character gleefully exclaimed, "We're autistic!" I'd had enough. I know people with autism, including my nephew. This woefully unrealistic film is to autism what the equally laughable "Away from Her" (2007) was to Alzheimer's...
KineticSeoul
This film is basically about a romantic relations of individuals who suffer from Asperger syndrome and they run into some conflicts cause of there syndrome. Although at some points it seems exaggerated, it works okay. The support group scenes was sort of disappointing and not very creative and although Radha Mitchell was pretty decent Josh Hartnett wasn't that convincing even if it's good to see him in a role where he doesn't act as cocky. It's a average romantic movie cause they throw Asperger syndrome in there. It wasn't a bad romantic movie but it just wasn't that good either.6.8/10
rocknrot
I consider myself a movie enthusiast and not a film snob by any means, but this movie was absolutely intolerable. I lasted through the first 10pages. Sad. I was truly disenchanted that the script lacked the actual language, the cast lacked character development and understanding... once again, josh hartnett read his lines as if he read them from a cue card!!!! I have to admit, the cinematography was well composed and lit, from what i saw and the technical aspect was quite interesting... but overall I believe the director, producers and cast missed the point completely. This was a great concept, but an atrocity to the autistic community. Next time, please do not use the movie Rain Man as your point of reference. Spend time with folks and get to know them during the development/rehearsal process... they may just surprise you.
BDeWittP
Asperger's syndrome is an impediment, but people can live normal lives with it. If this were the premise of the movie, it would have been much more refreshing. Instead, it seems to be showing us a portrait of people with uncontrolled aspects of the disorder, so grossly exaggerated to the point that these people look like a bunch of freaks, rather than people trying to live with their disorder. That's too bad, because this movie really had an opportunity to reach a lot of people.I know Aperger's Syndrome, because I have it. Yes, there are some characteristics of the disorder that need to be recognized and toned down. Some of them can be irritating and a turn-off to people. Sometimes the tendencies are unusual intense interest in certain topics, not recognizing when to leave things alone, failing to read body language, taking things too literally, and not noticing things or subjects that people aren't interested in. Okay. Not everyone with it is a person who irritates the heck out of people without Asperger's. I wonder how many of us so-called "aspies," will find this movie to be insulting or even infuriating.None of the support group scenes in this story work. There is very little discussion about the problems and social difficulties that people with Asperger's have. No talk about behavior modification or improving the lives of the people involved. It looks more like a hangout for social rejects, rather than a support group. For crying out loud, why wouldn't anyone with Asperger's be insulted by a movie like this? The love story is never really developed, but simply rushed into. We see a physical attraction between these two characters, but no chemistry. There is no real dialog about anything except their disorder, and nothing to convince us that their attraction is any more than physical. Frankly, Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell give these two characters better performances than they really deserve. Ron Bass did a wonderful job of writing the screenplay "Rain Man." Did he realize that people with Asperger's are much higher functioning? It didn't seem that way in this movie. So two people with an impediment can fall in love, so what?
