Ben X

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First I thought the movie was pretty good, but the end ruined it for me. It's been a while since I've seen it though.

was the whole girl thing at the end a hallucination?

Nice to see it bumped, the best film about aspergers.

A hard film to see without getting emotional, and love his internal dialogues, they are so real.

I don't know why I react so strongly to the film, I think it may be because it portrays the feelings of not fitting in, the aloneness, the struggle to understand what is going on, and lastly triumph over adversity so well.

I cannot watch the movie, one particular scene is so disturbing I felt like throwing up. I've never been bullied to that degree, and I can't comprehend how people can be so evil, but his reaction to it is the most real thing I've ever seen.

Found this on Netflix, January 2015.

I am trying to get through this movie too, and can only watch it in small increments.

My son has AS and went through almost the very same type of bullying in school.
From being locked in the bathroom stall (where my son was the who got in trouble for damaging the door, trying to get get out, not the kids pushing against it holding him in), to the kids throwing things at him in the classroom, and finally getting punched in the nose because he didn't pull back his head when being suckered punched (I thought he would duck was the kids defense) --I have to stop the movie, and start back up later when those type of scenes come on.

He is now 29 yrs old but I cannot help feel the pain of what he might have been going through. I can't know everything that happened during his school years, but I know I went to the school often enough when incidents occurred.

I had to Google "the ending of Ben X" because I can't bear to watch it without out know the ending. It's a very disturbing film, that more people need to see--but won't because it's not the typical American fare.

Thanks for hearing me.

Good movie, nice scenes (almost schizophrenic). Cried at the end.