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This is not your typical Judy Garland movie. Garland plays a well-meaning but inexperienced music teacher who goes to work at an institution for intellectually challenged children and gets attached to a little boy named Reuben. She disobeys her supervisor's orders and summons Reuben's mother to the facility, thinking a visit will help the boy. The results are not what you'd expect. The film raises some valid points about institutionalization VS keeping mentally challenged children at home, and the arguments still hold up today, although the facility in the movie is more like an upscale boarding school than an abusive snake pit. A typical institution, especially in 1963, did not offer the academic and recreational advantages this one does! The cast includes several children with Down Syndrome. The film is realistic, equal parts sadness and hope, a must-see for anyone involved with developmentally disabled people.Read full review
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Although dated this movie was very good. In terms of how Down's Syndrome and severe Autism is treated now with medications and some therapy it showed the anguish of parents with affected children and treatment techniques previously. I only wish they had not closed most of the hospitals for this type of problem particularly for those that reach adulthood. I enjoyed the movie very much it had a happy ending too! My only wish is for subtitles!!!
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A very engrossed movie
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great movie
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