Portrayal of tourettes

are you with the production or shooting crew? because if so I wanna say I really enjoyed this film...

all 3 main cast actors were amazing!

I enjoyed the movie immensely. Moreover, I was even so impressed with Vincent's imitation/emulation of the motor and vocal tics that are so spot on (albeit rarely that intense and incessant), even the degree of dystonic movements would have me fooled, that I made sure those I am advising see it in the event that they do no encounter a patient with such severe symptomology during their rotation in neuropsych. YEAH it was that good. I have looked for and found films covering autism spectrum disorders, but the variability in presentation from one autistic individual to another is far more expansive. That said, these ae comorbid conditions and I have to make sure my interns see it.

The conditions of the other two characters were of course well done, but the degree of focus to emulate a tic based developmental disorder of the degree we saw in the film must have been at least moderately challenging for Mr. Sheehan. I am not dismissing the importance of the other disorders portrayed; they are real, but simply a bit less intrusive than Vincent's.

So much of it made me laugh because it was so hopeful, but each character had a moment or more than that where the burden of their disorder was exposited upon. Still, it was quite exacting when Vincent queried Marie about her A.N. because he (or the writing team) added that while they are all valid disorders, his was because his brain is sick/disordered, while Marie (and Alex) had much different etiologies--as with ASD's, tic disorders are direct symptoms of a brain that is having trouble or is not the norm; anorexia however is not something you are pre-destined for, nor is OCD, they are initially bad coping mechanisms to distorted self-images, anxieties, etc. So that minute detail was huge to a clinician.

As you might be able to tell, I could go on, but I wanted to chime in on the whole accuracy issue.

On a final note, which I plan to post to another thread as well, the scene where Marie is in soft two-point restraints, receiving nutrition via nasogastric tube (along with other parenteral support), is not cruel or unfeeling, and is legally required when a patient is a danger to themselves, as most societies and their medico-legal infrastructures have an interest in life. The Dr. Rose had to do what she did or risk malpractice, loss/suspension of licensure, and most importantly, the too-soon loss of a patient. Vincent didn't strike me as having any flat affect or spoken communication that would indicate he had anything less than a big scare and genuine concern (nor was it his adult place to remove the restraints).

Excellent all-around!

It was obvious that a great deal of care was taken in making this film. I feared that an American version of Vincent Will Meer could have been terrible. But I think the performers and the director may have outdone the original.