Trailer
Plot summary
Owen Suskind had a lot to say as a small boy, and then, at three, he stopped speaking and retreated into autism. Almost four years passed, and his parents could find no way to reach him. His father tried an animated movie's voice: holding up a parrot puppet, he asked Owen what it was like to be him, and Owen answered with a line from the film. From then on the animated features he loved gave him a way to understand the world and a language for his own feelings. He began to make up stories of his own about the characters he cared about.
Cast
- Cornelia Suskindas Self
- Walter Suskindas Self - Owen Suskind's big brother
- Alan Rosenblattas Self
- Emily Jathasas Self - Owen Suskind's girlfriend
- Michelle Garcia Winneras Self - speech language pathologist
- Jeffrey Ortizas Self
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Life, Animated (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- To secure the rights to the Disney clips and characters, Williams showed the unfinished film to the heads of department assembled by Disney Productions president Sean Bailey. He later called it the day he made the lawyers cry.
