A heart-warming documentary, Life, Animated follows the autistic Owen Suskin as he prepares for the day when he graduates from school and moves out of his famil...
Life, Animated follows the autistic Owen Suskin as he prepares for the day when he graduates from school and moves out of his family home for the first time. Based on his journalist father's book, dad Ron explains that up until three Owen was a typical kid – as seen in a home video where they re-enact a scene from Peter Pan – but then"all of a sudden Owen vanishes." Owen retreated into himself, wouldn't talk beyond gibberish, and was eventually diagnosed with autism.
A fascinating peek into autism, the big moments in Owen's life, the ones that form the backbone to the narrative – leaving school, getting a job, moving out – has to be filtered through Disney with Owen seeking out scenes that relate to his current predicament; a scene from Dumbo the day he's moving out, Bambi's mother dying for his first night alone.
But there's a disconnect at times. With limited home videos to pick from, there's a big jump between the confident Owen of today and the child he was; director Roger Ross Williams seems to realise this and buffs out Owen's childhood with animated sequences, beautifully realising Owen's thoughts through Owen's book: The Protector of Sidekicks.
This love of Disney raises concerns for older brother Walt. Disney is fantasy and the characters doesn't exist beyond the final kiss; Owen has a girlfriend and there will come a time when kissing will lead to sex. Walt, who is very aware that when his parents die his little brother will be looking to him for answers, is at a loss how to approach the question of sex other than showing him Disney porn.
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