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Life, Animated

Documentary

2016, Movie, 1h 31min

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.

Country: United States

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Reviews

Critic Lanre Bakare

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One of the most poignant parts of the entire film comes when Walter discusses his fears as he gets older: what will happen when his parents are too old to care for Owen, will he be able to cope, what will become of his brother?

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kimberley Jones

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...deserves accolades for its intimate and informative portrait of an autistic person negotiating the fraught transition from childhood into its afterlife all young adults must undergo.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Ewan Cameron

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...a thoroughly absorbing, evocative story about a mind that has been both freed and trapped by an art form.

Read full review at Little White Lies

Critic Wendy Ide

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...gives real insight into the mind of an autistic person.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Jannie Dahl Astrup

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Det er en klassisk coming-of-age-historie med op- og nedture, men med den elskelige Disney-entusiast og hans støttende familie i ryggen former Williams’ dokumentar sig til et multifacetteret blik på livet – det animerede og virkelige.

Read full review at Soundvenue

Critic Daniel Skov Madsen

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...fortæller historien om hvordan Owen med succes har brugt Disneyfilm til at relatere sig til virkeligheden. Resultatet er en formidabelt rørende hyldest til Owen, hans familie og ikke mindst filmkunstens magi.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Frequently asked questions

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Life, Animated is a heartwarming documentary about Owen Suskind - a young boy with autism who discovers communication and understanding through Disney animated films when he suddenly stopped speaking at the age of three - and his journey to overcome the challenges of growing up with the help of these beloved characters.

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Life, Animated is currently unavailable to stream in undefined on the streaming services we have in our catalogue

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