Temporary Difficulties

My review will be written in opposition to all critics, as a person who is personally acquainted with parents who felt too sorry for their children, and with others (one of them is my sister) who clenched their teeth and put the child on its feet.

Forgive me those who think that the father in this film is too cruel. The real cruelty in this film was shown by society - hypocrisy and demonstrative pity for the sake of self-satisfaction.

The reality in the USSR and in our time is that people feel sorry for those who are not like them, and do NOTHING to help people adapt. In our country, there are still no conditions even for the movement of such people. The truth is that until now such people are pointed and laughed at.

If blacks were the oppressed layer of the population in the USA, then in the USSR and in Russia there is still a huge problem with the attitude towards people with special needs.

I am grateful that there is a film that shows how father and son struggle to survive in this society. In reality, most parents abandon their children and leave them in orphanages. Or another option: parents become old and die, and a child not capable of self-sufficiency and self-survival ends up in a boarding school. Trust me, it's very scary.

Film critics unanimously destroyed this film. Mother hen women cannot accept that in life, in order to achieve something, you need to literally crawl with clenched teeth. It is easier for them to close their eyes to the truth and accuse their father of cruelty, and the film of implausibility.

And in my opinion, this film is the most believable. Here you will not see ostentatious respect for a cripple simply because he is such (as it was in the film "Wonder"(2017).

Here you will see a real struggle, as it happens in life. Offense, forgiveness.

The movie is predictable. Because when people really do something and strive, they predictably win.

The acting is excellent, Ivan Okhlobystin is at his best. This is much deeper than his roles in superficial films, which critics have noted "accordingly."

I knew nothing about the real person on whom this movie is based, but most of the behavior exhibited by the characters seemed unnatural. The movie failed to move me in any way due to being very unbelievable. The direction is confused and the acting is stiff. Ivan Okhlobystin, who plays the father (and the lead role) is horrible.

Some bright lighs were in the face of young, school age, Aleksander and his teacher.

With all the bad acting and direction they also managed to miss the points this story came to deliver: on one side - do not accept the situation as is and strive to improve your life. On the other - treat all people as normal, even those with disabilities. For an outstanding, warm hearted, inspiring movie on this subject see Front of the Class.

This movie is not a 3 star movie at all. Its insanely underrated because it is difficult to watch. Its not for who scream about new trends and comfort. It is about more difficult time where you arent needed in the society if u cant be like others. A time where there was no tolerancy to disabled. I watched it on native russian language which is a language with its own ability of discribing things. So if u can, do so

Anyone who thinks this movie is great obviously knows nothing about cerebral palsy. It's permanent. The symptoms differ from one person to another, yet they don't magically disappear over time. No amount of bears or psychological abuse can reverse the damage that's been done to the nervous system. Some (!) symptoms can be alleviated, but for the most part you have to adapt to living with them. The guy they based this movie on? The only similarity between him and his movie double is that they both have cerebral palsy; the story itself, however, is the product of screenwriters and directors.

It was difficult for me to watch the first half without crying, many times. But it's a really great movie, with amazing actors and a very interesting story. Based on an amazing real person, that really did go through so much, it's just amazing.