Nathan's Kingdom

The concept had potential. The cinematography was relatively good and the artwork in "The Book" was incredibly good-- and was the part I found most fascinating about the story.

However, the actor playing the autistic brother wasn't convincing in the part, his characterization very wooden. The actress tried to pull off her part well but she wasn't given much to work with.

Which brings us to the story line. It's more of a long, drawn out slice of life film without much in the way of point or purpose. There's no real plot, no climax, no evident point to the ending. It's not that it wasn't interesting; it did hold my attention all the way through. All through the story I was expecting it to make some kind of point. But in the end it just didn't deliver much of anything.

I've seen several films like this. Potential... potential... potential... fizzle... thud. Roll credits. I've said it before: Start with a good script, or don't make the film.

But again, kudos to the artist on the book. I kept thinking all the way through the film: if this were real, with a manager the guy could make a living in the art world. Evidently the actual artist does. For me, that book was the redeeming factor of the film. The rest of it... 5 star mediocre (barely).

If you wish to kill time! probably this movie not even the right choice. 😬

Yup, it's one of them, terrible acting, turgid dialogue and pointless scenes. Two stars for having a pop.

Reading the critics reviews one gets a wonderful perspective of autism, but not a lot about the movie. This is a review of the movie and not of autism. Overall, a good concept and a fair indie movie. However, low budget is no excuse for poor directing, poor editing and allowing lame acting to pass as final product. The visual effects and stylistic elements are excellent. Really good work there. But sadly it cannot carry the movie. I just feel that there was so much more that could have been done to make it better. It's as if someone's "good enough" bar was set too low. I did manage to get to the end of the movie, which took some effort. But the effort wasn't really worth it at the end.

Please take no offenses. I have my greatest sympathy to patients with autism. However, what the movie showed to us was disturbing and misleading. For a child with autism, the caregiver should help the patient seek proper therapy, not playing pretend or following whatever the patient wants to do. The main character just completely lack the knowledge and ability to take care of her sick brother. Love is cheap. Love does not treat autism. Science does.