Mozart & the Whale.

[Roy pryer]

Being a new member this has probably been discussed before but has anybody seen the film or read the book "Mozart & the Whale" about aspergers. Is it worth getting on DVD.

 

[tree]

I have not seen it, but this is the trailer.
It looks rather stereotypical.

On the other hand, I enjoyed Rainman and
some people put that down as stereotypical.

 

[Judge]

Each to his own I suppose. I've seen both.

I rather liked "Mozart and the Whale". A story loosely based on the relationship of a real-life couple on the spectrum. On the other hand, "Rain Man" was based on actual savant Kim Peek, who didn't even have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

I also liked "Snow Cake", a fictional story about an autistic woman portrayed by Sigourney Weaver.

 

[Warmheart]

Mozart and The Whale was good. I liked RainMan. Snow Cake was really good. Adam was good too.

My favorite was Snow Cake.

 

[Roy pryer]

I had never even heard of it till today but have just caught a handful of great reviews on the web. Will buy it from Amazon next week.......& Rainman.

 

[Sabrina]

Thank you for bringing it up, I just saw it, very nice movie.
Whales were my special interest when I was in my early twenties too.

 

[Starfire]

I wasn't so keen on it, I watched it recently and it looks very dated now. I really liked 'Adam' though, he was a character I could relate to a lot, and I could identify with him much more than anyone in Mozart and the whale.

Thanks for the 'Snow Cake' recommendation I've never heard of that one, I'll look it up.

 

[Bolletje]

I've seen it, I liked the first half of the movie but the second half just felt like a typical romance movie. Plus I really disliked the female lead and felt like her character was more of a borderliner than an Aspie.