Music (2021)
I just watched this and checked the reviews of it on IMDB and noticed it got a 3/10 average score there and a 8% from critics and 13% from audience on Rotten Tomatoes. In reading the reviews, they are overwhelmingly about offense. Much of the offense is directly associated with the misrepresentation of individuals who have Autism. It is my hope that people who watch can understand that Music is not the full representation of Autism, merely a pinpoint on a spectrum of experiences. I have met individuals, who my direct interactions with, perhaps share her experience, and I've also met a lot of individuals who have a very different experience on that spectrum. I find it odd that Rain Man can be so celebrated, Dustin Hoffman's interpretation of Kim Peek, while this movie is so hated. I don't pretend to understand the lives and experiences of any of the characters in this movie. Zu's struggle with addiction and drug dealing, Ebo's trials (not wanting to spoil this) and Music's unique experience on the Autism spectrum, but what I did take away from this movie is that there is a unique pain that all of us carry and that if we can truly love eachother in our insecurities and struggles, we can make this world a better place. To me this was Sia trying to better understand the intersectionality of a range of experiences and how when they come together they can heal the soul and make something beautiful.