Anyone know of a good Asperger's movie/documentary?

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Amadeus

Adam

"My name is Khan"

He plays someone with Aspergers supposedly, however it comes across as someone a little lower fuctioning.

Groundhogs day is pretty good.

I've seen the Temple Grandin movie and it is really good. I also saw Mozart and the Whale for the first time last night. I really likes it. It was a cute movie. In the situation with my Dad, I think it would probably be best to go with informational, factual programs, probably documentaries (I come from a family that watches Discovery/History/Science channels all the time, so I think any sort of informational film would be a good idea). I will look into the suggestions you all have made and take a look for myself. then I can decide which would be best to show my Dad.

By the way, the majority of the information I have obtained in reference to Asperger's (I guess Autism as a whole) is in reference to children. Although I know that there is no way of knowing how ANY person will turn out in adulthood, I was curious if anyone can verify whether Mozart and the Whale gives an accurate portrayal of Asperger's in adults. Just wondering...

Haven't seen M&tW, but the book was written by someone with AS, and the movie was based on that, in addition to them (M&tW) consulting for it.

I think this is how it went.

Mozart and the Whale are members here, so they might chime in sometime.

There's a new one coming out called Bunny and the Bull. It's by the director of The Mighty Boosh, so it could be funny but may have some adult content.
Basically Stephen (AS guy) thinks his life is going nowhere and his friend takes him across Europe to er have some fun, you know, meet women and stuff.

I'm a big fan of The Mighty Boosh so I think i'll have to check out Bunny and the Bull. The title sounds familiar, but I didn't know anything about it until your post. When is it going to be released?

Adam seems like a good movie.

I first realized I may be an Aspie when watching "Mozart and the Whale", which is a movie about a couple where both man and woman have Asperger's. Now, many years later, I have an official diagnosis.

I very much recommend it!

Trailer for "Mozart and the Whale" :

there is no movie that i have seen that epitomizes aspergers. the adam movie and "mozart and the whale" were not able to inspire any feelings of identification in me.

as for TV shows, the big bang theory has some clever scripting at times but the characters fail to deliver it in a way i identify with.

columbo is an old TV series where a genius of analysis (columbo) is portrayed as a shabbily dressed low income earning homicide detective, and the series pits him against arrogant rich snobby and very intelligent perpetrators who think that they have struck gold when they see him assigned to investigate them, but later in each show, there is a moment where sinister and forboding music iterates that the perpetrator has suddenly realized that they have more than met their match. it is a very good show and i identify with peter falk's character in it.

the show monk is ok as far as the character has some aspects i identify with, but he is essentially OCD, and so i do not consider it the best match for me, but it is much better than the asperger movies.

the best current show on TV to portray as potential mental match for me is "Doc Martin".