Let Him Have It
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In Theaters : January, 1992 |
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A Warning for Parents of Special Needs Children
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This is the heart wrenching tale of what happens when an intellectually delayed young man, starving for social interaction, gets mixed up with characters likely to socialize with intellectually delayed young men. Not to give too much away, but the protagonist, Derek Bently, is mentally slow, but comes from a good, loving family. Due to his special needs, he doesn't have any peers to interact with (besides his sister). The result is that some low-life juvenile hooligans use him in the participation of criminal behavior. When things go wrong and the police move in, who ends up holding the bag? I'll give you a clue, it's not the juveniles. The movie is based on a true story. It has a very solid cast of characters, including the actors in secondary roles. The best roles, however are played by Derek's parents, solid working class people who do everything right to protect their son, but fail nonetheless.
It's alarming, not just because I'm the parent of a special needs child, but because in my profession, I've seen this same scenario played out a hundred times. Most frequently, the "users" befriend the slow witted-individual and ask him to pawn stolen property, or to participate in its theft. The excuse give is that it's okay because the property owner told them they could take it, but they need help lifting the property, or they don't have an I.D. to present at the pawn shop.
In the movie, the above M.O. is being carries out, when things go horribly wrong. Although the movie is meant as a social commentary and an argument against the death penalty, it's lessons are valid for anyone who might be drug "unwittingly" into a criminal escapade. |
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