Review of Baxter!

Baxter is Roger Baxter, played by Scott Jacoby who later starred in cult classics such as "Bad Ronald" & "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane". Roger lives with his mother in London. They're American, but his self-absorbed socialite mother likes living in London because "it's a beautiful and civilized city". Mrs. Baxter doesn't quite understand her son and is cold and insensitive to his needs. Roger seems to get along very well with older people- a neighbor girl named 'Nemo', a couple living nearby (a French chef & his Swedish model girlfriend) and Roger's speech therapist, Roberta (Patricia Neal). Roger struggles with his inability to pronounce his "R"'s but his speech therapist gives him the love and nurturing that he never had from his own mother. Roger does have a couple emotional breakdowns in the film, and upon returning home from a hospital following one such breakdown, he learns that his neighbor friend Chris, (played by Britt Ekland) has died of pneumonia. This news puts Roger into a near nervous breakdown. Thankfully, his speech therapist is with him and explains to his mother that Roger must return back to the hospital immediately, which climaxes into a physical confrontation between the therapist and his mother. I won't tell what happens in the final scene, but it is indeed very moving and very beautiful.