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  • Starring: Luke Ford, Rhys Wakefield, Toni Collette
  • Summary: When Thomas and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. When his pregnant mother has to take things easy, his father Simon puts him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie. Thomas, with the help of his new girlfriend Jackie, faces his biggest challenge yet. Charlie's unusual antics take Thomas on an emotional journey that causes his pent-up frustrations about his brother to pour out - in a story that is funny, confronting, and ultimately heart-warming. (NeoClassics Films Ltd)… Expand

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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    80
    For the most part, this unblinking family drama packs a visceral punch. Thomas' journey toward acceptance is blessedly free of noble lessons and filled with real people.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    78
    Funny and fierce and deeply moving.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    30
    Cringe-inducing when it's not cliched, this brassy, vulgar 2008 comedy from Australia mines mental disabilities for laughs.

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