Featured Audience Ratings

• Megan S

  
  Overall pretty good but I dozed off somewhere in the middle.

• Leigh R

  
  Crazy and odd, but isn't all love that way. I thought this was beautiful and well done.

• E.J. B

  
  An uneven, honourably intended romantic comedy.

• Emily A

  
  Initially I only rented this because Josh Hartnett was in it, but it really was all-around very good. I don't know how accurate a portrayal of Asperger's it was, but never mind. The two main characters might have been tragic by themselves, but them coming together defined… More
  Initially I only rented this because Josh Hartnett was in it, but it really was all-around very good. I don't know how accurate a portrayal of Asperger's it was, but never mind. The two main characters might have been tragic by themselves, but them coming together defined the movie and gave it lift. I liked the message most of all: it's okay to be crazy, but it's better to be crazy together. Reminded me of the Mad Pride movement. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would.

• Jennifer X

  
  This is so atypical of a romantic comedy, yet it isn't. Does that even make sense? Well, Josh Hartnett was quite good in this; Radha Mitchell not so much. I love how on the DVD cover it boasts Josh Hartnett - PEARL HARBOR and Radha Mitchell - SILENT HILL as if it's something… More
  This is so atypical of a romantic comedy, yet it isn't. Does that even make sense? Well, Josh Hartnett was quite good in this; Radha Mitchell not so much. I love how on the DVD cover it boasts Josh Hartnett - PEARL HARBOR and Radha Mitchell - SILENT HILL as if it's something to be proud of.

• Dannielle A

  
  There were a few parts that could be left out... but for the most part, this was quite a charming and sweet movie about two people with autism who fall in love with each other. At times, you forget that they have abnormalities because they seem just like regular people.

• Lesley N

  
  So-so romance about two people with Aspergers. Josh Hartnett is okay, but Radha Mitchell has decided autism=super-wacky and she grates.

• Doctor S

  
  Illuminating love story between two people with Ausperger's sydrome. Like many autistics, Izzy and Donald live in their own worlds while still having to cope with living in the world at large. Donald (Josh Harnett, indistinguishable from Ethan Hawke here) desperately wants to… More
  Illuminating love story between two people with Ausperger's sydrome. Like many autistics, Izzy and Donald live in their own worlds while still having to cope with living in the world at large. Donald (Josh Harnett, indistinguishable from Ethan Hawke here) desperately wants to fit in with society and appear "normal" while Isabella (an exuberant Radha Mitchell) demands that she be accepted for who she is, wild mood swings and all. Obviously a very personal project for director Petter Naess, Izzy and Donald and their many autistic friends are never a source for ridicule, and the film particularly succeeds by communicating their daily challenges at both creating relationships and leading productive lives without resorting to sappy melodrama. The genial tone is more often an upper than a downer, these are simply people who are wired differently and sometimes need extra patience and understanding. Hartnett and Mitchell are fully convincing as these characters, and John Carroll Lynch (best known as Drew's transvestite brother from <i>The Drew Carey Show</i>) does a good job as Harnett's friend with skill at dispensing savvy relationship advice.

• John M

  
  A unconventional love story with believable characters thanks to the good acting..

• Ira Z

  
  I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! The way the movie translates itself to me as how love can exist despite any circumstance is just beautiful. I can absolutely relate to this movie. And such great acting from Josh Hartnet and Radha Mitchell!! This movie will always be one of the best movies for… More
  I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! The way the movie translates itself to me as how love can exist despite any circumstance is just beautiful. I can absolutely relate to this movie. And such great acting from Josh Hartnet and Radha Mitchell!! This movie will always be one of the best movies for me of all time

• Sarah P

  
  Interesting concept, but disappoints in its delivery and believability of the main characters

• Laurence C

  
  Naess' solidly directed portrayal of autistic love succeeds mostly because of Mitchell and Hartnett's hugely likable performances; whenever they interact, you (almost) immediately forget their characters don't make much sense and neither does the story. Nevertheless,… More
  Naess' solidly directed portrayal of autistic love succeeds mostly because of Mitchell and Hartnett's hugely likable performances; whenever they interact, you (almost) immediately forget their characters don't make much sense and neither does the story. Nevertheless, Mozart and the Whale is still a fresh yet featherweight dramedy that skillfully avoids prententiousness or worse, boredom.

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