Life, Animated (2016)

Directed by

Roger Ross Williams

Genre

drama film, documentary film, romance film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Owen Suskind, a young man with autism. He learned to talk and understand the world by watching Disney animated movies. It shows how those films helped him connect with his family and express himself.

tenderinspiringheartfeltupliftingemotionalquietly movingpoignanthopeful

What happens

Life, Animated is a 2016 American independent documentary film by director Roger Ross Williams. It is co-produced by Williams with Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn and Christopher Clements. Life, Animated is based on journalist Ron Suskind's 2014 book Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism, which tells the story of his son, Owen Suskind, who struggles with autism and learned how to communicate with the outside world through his love of Disney animated films. Upon its release, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and won numerous awards including the Sundance Film Festival award for Best Direction and the Special Achievement Annie Award. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film category at the 89th Academy Awards, but lost to O.J.: Made in America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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