"A Brilliant Young Mind" is a sweet and sensitive tale, but it wants to be three sweet and sensitive tales — maybe more. In exploring the world of an autistic teen boy who's also a math prodigy, the film gives into the temptation to have other figures in his life nudge him out of the frame, which diminishes him as a character.
A Brilliant Young Mind
A Brilliant Young Mind
A Brilliant Young Mind
"A Brilliant Young Mind" is a sweet and sensitive tale, but it wants to be three sweet and sensitive tales — maybe more. In exploring the world of an autistic teen boy who's also a math prodigy, the film gives into the temptation to have other figures in his life nudge him out of the frame, which diminishes him as a character.