Harry Connick Jr. P.S. I Love You

[mjthewriterdad]

This film is suposedly about a man with Aspergers Syndrome  (played by Harry Cinnic jr) helping a lady played by Hilary Swank pick up the pieces after losing her husband.

Sombody who's seen it, please comment.   Does the director get it right?

In an interview,  HarryConnick Jr said he researched Asperger's and found it a lot like his own personality.

reference:
http://www.canmag.com/nw/9931-ps-i-love-you-harry-connick-jr

Dustin Hoffman did a good job in Rainman.   Some get it right, other films don't quite do it.

[momVTA]

I saw the movie and very much think that the director and writer did well. My son is 8 yrs old and has Asperger's. Harry Connick Jr. reminded me so much of my son. I immediately knew he had Asperger's without having read anything ahead of time. It seemed right on cue!

[mjthewriterdad]

Okay, I did see it!  I wish the director gave him more lines.  Persons with AS tend to monologue a lot.  He did start to monologe on her voice mail about the Yankee stadium.  But he caught himself.  This is something I don't usually see in real-life AS.  

He seems show more more close eye-contact than persons who have AS  would not tend to be comfortable.   The closet scene and some other tight-in scenes would make the people with AS I know to squirm out of the situation.

He refered to his meds as helping his being "rude"; I wish I knew what those meds are!  I'll take em! lol   Actually I think the meds indicated for autism/AS/PDD  are designed to lower the effects of stimuli.  Take the edge off, if you will.  Maybe the meds were indicated for social anxiety?  We don't know; not in the script.

Persons with AS tend to be a master of their language.  They tend to have very accurate usage of vocabulary and have a a good vocabulary.  They tend to paint detailed pictures with words.  The screenwriter gave him a lot of good descriptive speaking parts and was good portaying this.

I find persons with autism tend to speak very directly, without relying on body language nor non-verbal cues.   This makes for a very accurate conversation.

I found myself laughhing at the sisters/mom more than laughing at his parts.