Serious drama about developmentally disabled children
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.
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