Life, Animated

Name: Life, Animated
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-07-01
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried

2016·Movie·PG·91 min·★ 7.4(147)

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“When he fell into silence, movies gave him back his voice”

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

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About Life, Animated

Life, Animated is a 2016 English-language documentary film directed by Roger Ross Williams. The cast is led by Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Jonathan Freeman. It has a runtime of 1h 31m. Viewers rate it 7.4/10 across 100 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Life, Animated was produced by A&E IndieFilms, Motto Pictures, and Roger Ross Williams Productions and made in United States of America. It was released on July 1, 2016, and carries a PG certification.

Director: Roger Ross Williams
Release date: July 1, 2016
Original language: English
Age rating: PG
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Production: A&E IndieFilms, Motto Pictures, Roger Ross Williams Productions

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Life, Animated cast & crew

Life, Animated was directed by Roger Ross Williams.

The cast features Owen Suskind as Himself, Ron Suskind as Himself, Jonathan Freeman as Himself, and Gilbert Gottfried as Himself.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Dylan Stark, cinematography is by Thomas Bergmann, and it was produced by Ron Suskind and Roger Ross Williams.

Is Life, Animated worth watching?

Life, Animated holds an audience score of 7.4/10 from 147 ratings, marking it as well-reviewed documentary films.

At 1h 31m, it's an easy, time-light watch.

If you enjoy documentary, Life, Animated is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch Life, Animated

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