rugghedd I warily waded into this one, skeptical that two young H'wood hotties would have the acting chops to make me believe they had Asperger's. The perky alt-pop song over the clichéd opening aerial "city" shots was a bad omen---"another film targeted for date-flickers who don't want real-life to intrude on a cute, predictable love story." Ten minutes later, I'm actually laughing at the lameness of the portrayals. Josh Hartnett seems like a nice-enough bloke, but he's in way over his head here; he seems more shy than afflicted. Radha Mitchell apparently has one note to play in all her roles---nervous, twitchy, disturbed, chain-smoking, about to blow a fuse. See Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" and you'll see the same character, only now she supposedly has Asperger's. Although you wouldn't know that by watching her---she talks and acts pretty normal. Another young, attractive, red-haired actress in their "group" seems like a student in a high school drama/improv exercise who's been told that her character has autism and is given a few seconds to come up with something suitably "autistic" to say. When Radha Mitchell's character gleefully exclaimed, "We're autistic!" I'd had enough. I know people with autism, including my nephew. This woefully unrealistic film is to autism what the equally laughable "Away from Her" (2007) was to Alzheimer's...

HomePlantedMommy As a mother of a child with Aspergers I was extremely interested the other night when I saw this was on one of my movie channels. I recorded it and watched it the following day. I love that they show having Aspergers doesn't mean that you still can't love and have strong feelings just like anyone else. Although my son struggles to understand others emotions he has ones of his own. I laughed and cried watching this film, feeling the surge of emotions from the characters just as I experience my sons. I would watch this again and will encourage my son to do the same as he gets older! If you know someone with Asperger's (or high functioning Autism) I recommend this film. Although every child with Autism, no matter where on the scale they fall, are different this movie lends some understanding to the struggles and joys that they experience. They often say that if you have met one child with Autism, you have only met one. I think that everyone in the support group in the movie were so different showed that extremely well.

Gordon-11 This film is about a young man and a young woman, who have Asperger's Syndrome, falling in love with each other.This film is very impressive. Josh Hartnett portrays the main character, Donald, who has poor social skills and social relatedness. His lack of eye contact, shyness, inability to comprehend facial expressions and body language are all portrayed well in the movie. It shows that Josh Hartnett can seriously act. The film is bright, warm and sweet. As for the visuals, there is always abundant colours in the film, and adequate lighting is ensured throughout the movie. I really like this point because it adds a positive feel to the film. I am glad to have watched this film, and even more glad that it can help to raise awareness of Asperger's syndrome.

jbaer-5 When I first saw this film, I thought it was good but didn't impress me. Since that first viewing, this film gets better every time. I don't find "great" films too often that make that impression. For me, the filmed worked.But the DVD format stinks. The only "extra" is a commentary from the writer. He starts off saying, "I'm here to do the commentary for this film." He says that like he's going to get his teeth cleaned. No affect at all. I would like to have seen some extras on the two people who inspired this story, as well as comments from the actors. Nothing special about the DVD but the film itself.