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Special People

2007 1h 20m Drama List
89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews
Jasper gets more than he bargains for when he teaches a class of students in wheelchairs. Read More Read Less
Special People

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Low budget British comedy which is sharply written and nicely acted whilst confounding disability misconceptions and prejudices on the way.

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Kevin Maher Times (UK) Ironically, he's exactly like Special People itself, which is trying so hard to say something profound about disability that it has forgotten to be a drama in the first place. Rated: 1/5 Nov 21, 2008 Full Review Xan Brooks Guardian At times Special People feels hobbled by the very political correctness it wants to poke fun at; still, it's nicely observed and crisply played, gently confounding a gaggle of prejudices during the course of a svelte 81-minute run. Rated: 3/5 Nov 21, 2008 Full Review David Gritten Daily Telegraph (UK) Well-meant but gruel-thin British comedy in which a failed film-maker helps wheelchair-bound teenagers to make a movie. Rated: 3/5 Nov 21, 2008 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film By keeping the central theme simple, Edgar and his team are free to explore the nature of the relationships and the characters in the classroom alongside bigger themes such as attitudes to disability from within the community and without. Rated: 4/5 Jul 4, 2009 Full Review Stella Papamichael Film4 Edgar gets a gold star for this cheeky send-up of the champagne socialists who make miserable films about (supposedly) miserable people. Rated: 4/5 Nov 21, 2008 Full Review Tim Evans Sky Cinema There's a refreshing lack of political correctness about Justin Edgar's budget comedy - it's an unflinching portrayal of the disabled as fully-functioning - and sometimes quite appalling - human beings and a droll challenge to lazy preconceptions. Rated: 3/5 Nov 21, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jasper gets more than he bargains for when he teaches a class of students in wheelchairs.
Director
Justin Edgar
Screenwriter
Justin Edgar
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m