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I can relate to this, 19 February 2009 Author: hpod26 from United States
This is a movie about an autistic young adult who wants to play professional basketball. Since I am slightly autistic myself (I have Asperger's Syndrome), I really found it helpful to me to see how someone else copes with the same kind of problem. It was a little painful though, thinking "oh no, do I actually act that way too?" I was also kind of upset with the situations he was in (I don't want to give it away), and I'm glad I haven't had such a difficult life as he had. I think Mike made some poor decisions in how to handle Eddy's situation, but I don't know what he could have done.The acting was good, very believable, especially the man who played Eddy. It must be very difficult to play the part of someone whose brain is in a totally different world from most people. A great movie, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is autistic or knows someone who is autistic.10/10
1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :- A Promising Director's Impressive Debut Film!, 16 August 2008 Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States
Scott McKinsey is the son of the late soap actress, Beverlee McKinsey. Scott has worked as a director behind the soap scenes for years to earn his status. In this film, he takes a true story of Eddy Patterson, an 18 year old autistic but intelligent and likable sports adult. The actor who plays Eddy does a brilliant job in bringing this character to life. He is played by Brian Presley who could have easily earned nominations if the Hollywood community would pay attention. All Eddy wants to do and dream about is playing for the Los Angeles Clippers so he takes a bus to Los Angeles where he doesn't know anybody or have any money. Thank God for Anna Maria Horsford's character, Carol, who runs the homeless shelter downtown. She relays the task of mentoring to Mike Jeffreys, a former pro basketball player, who is doing community service within the shelter. He is reluctant to be big brother. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of Scott's mother, Beverlee, who retired from acting since 1994 officially in any role capacity. Regardless, Scott is an incredible director and has a promising future.
0 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :- Should have been rated higher than PG, 2 February 2008 Author: fsumichaelg from United States
Great movie, but within the first 30 minutes I was about to turn it off. All of the PG rated movies that I have seen contain no where near the kind of profanity, spousal abuse verbally and well as directed towards the main character. I have never commented before on a movie that I have seen, but with the scene that we just watched.... It should be at minimum a PG-13 movie. And I am sorry but I don't want to spend an hour doing an essay of the movie. Just let others know that the rating is off.Great movie, but within the first 30 minutes I was about to turn it off. All of the PG rated movies that I have seen contain no where near the kind of profanity, spousal abuse verbally and well as directed towards the main character. I have never commented before on a movie that I have seen, but with the scene that we just watched.... It should be at minimum a PG-13 movie. And I am sorry but I don't want to spend an hour doing an essay of the movie. Just let others know that the rating is off.
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