Zachary Levi in ​​a real drama

There’s a lot to handle An unbreakable boy. Not only for the characters, but also the audience. Here’s sampling: autism, fragile bone disease, alcoholism, financial struggle and marital difficulties. It is based on a true story, so you can’t say that the elements of the plot are imagined (well, you can actually). And all this should be marvelously inspiring, no less. It is a kind of movie seemingly designed to make it feel morally insufficient if you don’t go to sing his praise.

Well, consider me Ton’s deaf because this drama directed Jon Gunn (Ordinary angels) is a temptation. It is not surprising to find out that the movie is sitting on a shelf for almost four years after the original edition. He feels too difficult to pick up.

The confused sympathy begins at the very beginning by narrating a titular character, a teenager Austin (Jacob Laval, excellent), who begins by telling us about some of her favorite things. (“The Ranch Division is a bomb!” He announces, what will be the music in the ears of Hidden Valley). Informs us that his parents are Scott (Zachary Levi, Shazam!) and Teresa (Meghann Fahy, White lotus) went only on three dates before she got pregnant. “All right, pay attention, here’s the part I went in!” He is chirping as we are witnessing a mandatory scene of birth, along with a screaming mother. We will also see the moments from the courtship of parents, including Scott how naturally make a fool of yourself offering the purchase of eight identical pairs of pants in the clothing store in which Teresa works.

Soon it turns out that Austin suffers from osteogenesis imperfect (OI), or brittle bone diseases, resulting in the pain of suffering broken bones from the smallest accidents (even his birth has resulted in broken ribs). In the end, it was revealed that he was also autistic, manifested in such behavior as an infinite chatter and wearing a bright colored hat. His hyperactive imagination becomes visualized in scenes in which he imagines flying with his father and a dragon that turns into an animated dragon. There is also a darker side, as when Austin suddenly erupts in a violent episode that results in hospitalized before it was discovered that he had a bad reaction to his medication.

Both parents endlessly support, but strain inevitably puts a tribute to their relationship, especially when Scott starts abusing alcohol. But thanks to the friendship of the ground priest (Peter Facinelli, who also produced) with his own problems, Scott is correcting and learning to experience gratitude and joy even in the most difficult circumstances.

Based on the memoir of Scott Lerette, it is undoubtedly a moving story. But it is connected in such a choppily episodic and formular way that it is almost impossible to take anything seriously. It does not help that there are annoying repetitive scenes in which Scotta talked to their friend Avincular Joe (Drew Powell), who turned out to be imaginary.

“Are you God?” At one point, Scott asks his “friend”, with Joe’s answer, grateful, one time that the movie is not taken too seriously.

Levi is a sympathetic presence (at least on the screen-talk among yourself), but it seems badly equipped to cope with the darker aspects of your character. But at least there is more to work from the attractive Fahy, whose Teresa is barely defined except her fierce protection of Austin and the love of video games.

An unbreakable boy It works hard, very hard to pull your heart, pulling every part of anger, misery, and even humor from Austin’s significant obstacles. But at some point it ceases to feel inspiring and more like misery of pornography.