Board and Care

9/10

I was really impressed by this short and sweet film. It's a romance about two people with Down Syndrome. The thing that impressed me the most was that the primary focus wasn't on the fact that the two young people had Down Syndrome. I was also really impressed that despite this being a student film, it looked professional, and the direction of the two actors who actually had Down Syndrome was superb. Because they had Down Syndrome it made me believe their performances even more than the less authentic performances of actors without Down Syndrome in films like Yonkers Joe and The Other Sister. It was trying to be a tragic love story (and it succeeded) instead of trying to be a film that showcases the fact that retarded people can love to -- a fact that most people know by now anyway. Definitely recommend it.