Temple Grandin

I first heard about this movie when I went to my friends house and she was watching the Emmys. She had just watched Claire Danes accept her award for Beast Leading Actress in a miniseries or made for TV movie (or something like that). My friend makes a comment about it and we watch the acceptance speech and it moved me to tears. I had seen this movie at rental stores before. After I watched the trailer it was very quickly added to my must see movie list.

I just watched it over the weekend and have had many conversations about it since. It was fantastic and is a must see. The movie is about an autistic child in the 60's and 70's when autism was very misunderstood. Temple Grandin did not speak until she was four and then her mother continued to put her in different social situations. I have a feeling that was pivotal in Temple's success. This is a true story about a girl who had many things stacked against her, not only was she different in how she reasoned and interacted, but also she was woman. She has a special way with connecting to animals and uses that to do some amazing things in the world of slaughter houses. She also opens up a window into the life of an autistic person. She is able to communicate about it.

The film maker also did a great job on bringing in the viewer into the mind of an autistic person. It is not perfect by any means. But the noise amplifications and photographic memory snip-its really add to the overall viewing experience.

I give this a 9.5/10