Tag Archives: Disability

Life, Animated (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Reaching out to life through Disney animations

Posted on December 12, 2016 by kaist455

As a guy diagnosed as having Asperger’s syndrome, I am not very good at communicating with others including my family members, but I found a way to reach to others through writing and talking about movies. Although I must admit … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Animation Film, Autism, Disability, Documentary, Family | 1 Comment

Don’t Breathe (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): They made a huge mistake…

Posted on October 12, 2016 by kaist455

“Don’t Breathe” does two things well as an exemplary thriller/horror movie. In the beginning, it takes some time to establish its modest ground for plot and character to engage us, and then it jolts us with a twisted reversal of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Disability, Horror, Thriller | Leave a comment

Rust and Bone (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It’s always hard to start at the bottom

Posted on April 3, 2013 by kaist455

They say you can start your life again even if you find yourself hitting the bottom, but, as some of you know, starting at the bottom is not easy at all. While it is ultimately an optimistic film about healing … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Disability, Father and son, Kickboxing, Killer Whale, Sports | Leave a comment

Touch of the Light (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4): His disability is a mere fact to him

Posted on March 15, 2013 by kaist455

Taiwanese movie “Touch of the Light” is a simple and honest story about two good people getting closer to each other. Considering its subject and the real-life story behind it, it could have been one of those sentimental “the disability … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Ballet, Disability, Music, Pianist, Real-life figure, Real-life story, University | Leave a comment

The Sessions (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : He just wants to lose his virginity…

Posted on January 11, 2013 by kaist455

Mark O’Brien’s life is one of those moving life stories we encounter from time to time. After he contacted polio when he was 6, he spent most of his life as a paralyzed man depending on iron wrong, but he … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Catholicism, Disability, Poet, Polio, Priest, Religion, Sex, Sex Surrogate | 1 Comment

Passion Fish (1992) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two hardcore women stuck with each other

Posted on August 20, 2012 by kaist455

When I watched “The Intouchables”(2011) at the local movie theater several months ago, I got a small nagging dissatisfaction with that crowd-pleasing film which was about the warm friendship between a disabled man and a caregiver hired by him. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Actress, Caregiver, Disability, Drama, Romance, Soap Opera | 2 Comments

Lourdes (2009) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Religion, People, and ‘Miracle’

Posted on January 28, 2012 by kaist455

I have never been to Lourdes, one small town near the Pyrenees in southwestern France, but, considering what I saw from Jessica Hausner’s film “Lourdes”, I think Lourdes looks like a nice place to visit. The hotel shown in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Catholic, Christianity, Disability, Miracle, Pilgrimage, Religion, Tourism | 2 Comments

Punch (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4) : His enemy, His teacher, and… His neighbour

Posted on October 22, 2011 by kaist455

If you are a South Korean and you were relatively lucky while going through ruthless South Korean education system, you probably had at least one teacher who ‘bothered’ you a lot in your school days. He had a lot of … Continue reading →