A mind so different, by Dorothy Rabinowitz in the Wall Street Journal. An excerpt:

The story of Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism at age 4 and in time a symbol of hope for the afflicted, has made its way to the screen with spellbinding results.

… there is Claire Danes in the title role, prime cause of the spell that binds all elements of this saga—everything that’s moving, daunting, heroic, and strange beyond comprehension. And she does this in a performance so remarkable that it seems, itself, to border on the incomprehensible. So completely does she capture her subject’s hard-learned speech, the genderless stride, the flashes of terror and brilliance and, occasionally, radiant joy, that it’s impossible to find a trace of the actor beneath.

By Hank Stuever in the Washington Post:

“Temple Grandin” is at once inventive, emotional, funny and determinedly precise about what it means to say. It moves backward, forward and sideways through Temple’s life story, unafraid to tinker with concepts of chronology and meaning as it creates its own visual language to depict the world through an autistic prism. It raises awareness and respect without insisting that you wear the rubber cause bracelet; it is that very rare made-for-TV movie that can be sappy without overserving the sap.

Jonathan Storm in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

It’s a performance that has “Emmy” written all over it.

Mark A. Perigard in the Boston Herald: Claire Danes shines as Temple Grandin in HBO’s poignant ‘Temple Grandin’

Alex Strachan in the Montreal Gazette: Beautiful film about a beautiful mind

Mark Dawidziak in the Cleveland Plain Dealer TV blog: Claire Danes dazzles in movie about autism advocate

Neal Justin in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Great Danes; Actress’ career gets back in the saddle with an Emmy-worthy performance

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