Talk to Me

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Richard, a successful New York accountant whose idea of exercise is to go to the movies and to whom Central Park is the great outdoors, hasn't exactly taken life by the horns. He has a chron... Read allRichard, a successful New York accountant whose idea of exercise is to go to the movies and to whom Central Park is the great outdoors, hasn't exactly taken life by the horns. He has a chronic stuttering problem and has caused great exhaustion and strife for him. After trying a n... Read allRichard, a successful New York accountant whose idea of exercise is to go to the movies and to whom Central Park is the great outdoors, hasn't exactly taken life by the horns. He has a chronic stuttering problem and has caused great exhaustion and strife for him. After trying a number of different therapies (unsuccessfully) to alleviate his condition, he decides to en... Read all

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After-school Special for Grown-ups

This is a sweet, if dated and slightly corny, film about behaviorally oriented stuttering therapy. Austin Pendleton was (and I suppose remains) a real-life stutterer who went through therapy similar to that depicted in the film.

I wish the film had extrapolated more on the therapy techniques used to treat stutterers. A moving and tearful speech made by Dan Shor's character Julian near the end would have been even more effective if we had seen some of his breakthroughs. But for a low-budget venture produced by the Hollins Communications Research Institute--a mirror image of the institute depicted in the film--Talk to Me serves as a touching and educational account of stuttering therapy in the early 80's.

9larslooperman

Learn of Who Might Help Your Loved One's Speak and Obercome Stuttering

I certainly am a bit biased in this review as I worked on this film. The film is a heart warming film about the struggle of a group of people overcoming their stuttering at the Hollins College Research Institute in Roanoke Virginia. Their story is the story of countless participants who attempt to overcome stuttering difficulties. Austin Pendleton portrays himself in many ways to overcome his own personal challenges with speech. He remains on Boards at Stuttering Organizations. He influences many in their struggle. If you wish to inspire someone who needs help this film can offer that, but is difficult to find except on VHS. If you have seen him in Short Circuit, My Cousin Vinny, and many other films his acting always fills the story well.