Review of A Boy Called Po (2016) by Kim B — 17 Feb 2018
The people that give this a bad rating have obviously never truly understood the gravity of caring for a child with special needs, because it's portrayed so well here. It's hopeless and desperate and scary and entrapping and overwhelming... And enlightening and inpiring and beautiful.
This is real life for many. The struggles and the heartache are ever present and the joys sprinkled in amongst them are monumental. I wanted to kick the little bully's butt and I cried the loud ugly type of sob when I figured out Jack the Janitor's roll.
The boy that played Po did a fantastic job in getting some of the nuance just right with the way he held his hands and the cadence of his speech. I wasn't quite sure, right up to the pirate scene, if the actor actually had autism or not- he was that good. The actor that played the dad did well, too. I felt his dispair.
This review of A Boy Called Po (2016) was written by Kim B on 17 Feb 2018.
A Boy Called Po has generally received positive reviews.
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