I remember in the movie she acted like she had insomnia and possibly ADD? I am not quite sure. I thought it was great how Will took care of her even though she wasn't his daughter. The scene when Liv is like Bea go get Will's battery you can tell how hurt he is by that remark.
shareI think she has autism.
If you notice Will frequently talks about metaphors with her, he's trying to explain that some people use metaphors as a use of expression and they are not 'real' (if you get what I mean).
One of the things about people with autism is that part of the brain stops them from understandings things such as metaphors. For example if I were to say "crying my eyes out" they would think I meant literally crying my eyes out which can cause alot of distress, especially to children.
*I saw in your eyes that you hate the world, I hate it too...*
while being assesed at the 'therapists' the therapist had written "autistic spectrum" just before she added the note about insomnia. could be a clue there?
perhaps asbergers syndrome.
Bea is autistic and I think the "go get Will's battery" remark hurt Will because Liv used his first name, rather than "Dad".
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I would say Asperger's.
shareI would say Asperger's.
I thought she was a teenager faking the whole thing to get attention. I got the impression that Will thought of her that way too.
shareBea had some problem along the lines of autism, as well as parents that gave her NO boundaries.
shareWill tried to establish/enforce boundaries, as seen at the dinner table and when he wanted his batteries for his car keys, but Liv was overly protective of Bea and inconsistent towards Will's role in Bea's life. Sometimes he was "Daddy" and sometimes he was "Will."
she had asperger's syndrome, not autism, autistic people are not so high functioning as she was.
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Jill: Libby, these foreign exchange students are sitting at our table
Libby: Well deport them
Bunny's right.
This handles her situation pretty well. I call this film a super high quality "Movie of the Week".
Fine actors but, not their best work.
A plausible script but, not engrossing.
Not a waste of time but, I'm glad I got in on Cinemax instead of paying $10 for it.
I've seen cases of autism with very similar attributes. Lack of eye contact, being unaware of one's surrounding and consequences, repetitive behaviour etc.. although it was clearly a milder form. I would say that Autism Spectrum is still the best diagnoses.
shareI agree with an Aspergers diagnosis. And just to clarify, Aspergers is part of the set of Autistic Spectrum Disorders which includes Aspergers, Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
Mark.
I think it was food allergies. I have a brother-in-law that was given all those diagnoses in his childhood. Later he was found to have an allergy, a common one, and excluding the allergen from his diet removed the symptoms. So I inferred that they experimented with her diet and she immediately lost her insomnia. They didn't develop that theme much, but what little was offered gave me to believe that allergy triggered the symptoms. She certainly did not act like Aspergers patients I've known.
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We had experience of this sort with our oldest child who was disturbed by certain "E Numbers" (additives found in soft drinks for example). He is careful to avoid them even now that he is grown up.
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