A Boy Called Po (2016)

A Boy Called Po: Directed by John Asher. With Christopher Gorham, Julian Feder, Kaitlin Doubleday, Andrew Bowen. After his wife dies of cancer, an overworked engineer struggles to care for his son with autism. His son in response to bullying regresses into a fantasy world escape.

“Why this movie would win any awards, let alone twelve, is a mystery to me. From the first minutes you get that awful feeling this movie is made for Lifetime. I was actually surprised it wasnu0026#39;t. That typical horrible piano music you get in every scene, itu0026#39;s just cringing to hear, itu0026#39;s a basic signature for lousy Lifetime or Hallmark tv-movies. the story is also typical, we got to learn a life lesson here, but first letu0026#39;s fill the movie with mediocre and unnecessary scenes. You wonu0026#39;t hear me saying that some passages arenu0026#39;t worth watching, the ones about autism and the imaginary world they live in were interesting to watch, but for example when the autist disappears after calling a taxi that comes pick him up at the special needs school, driving him far away and that without getting paid and without warning the police, thatu0026#39;s the kind of stupid scenes that bring down a story that could have been good. Julian Feder did a decent job playing his character, heu0026#39;s the best actor of this movie. His father played by Christopher Gorham is the opposite, mediocre acting, just the kind you would expect for a tv-movie. Itu0026#39;s not because itu0026#39;s a dramatic movie about autism that itu0026#39;s going to be good. There are wonderful movies about autism, but A Boy Called Po isnu0026#39;t one of them.”