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.
Life, Animated (2016) is a documentary film directed by Roger Ross Williams, released on July 1, 2016 with a runtime of 1h 31m. It stars Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Jonathan Freeman and Gilbert Gottfried. Viewers rate it 7.4 out of 10 across 147 ratings.
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Directed by Roger Ross Williams, written by Ron Suskind, produced by Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman.
Average viewer score of 7.4/10 from 147 ratings.
**Where the sidekicks rules...** This is life and it is animated. We all grew up watching animations believed they are real. They are our first friends and also the first step to understand between the real and unreal. So what happens if you have never got as far as to know they are simply the fictional characters. This film is not about that, but there's a reason to I bring that up in here. This film is about a…
Reviewed on February 26, 2017
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Life, Animated (2016) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Life, Animated (2016) includes Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Jonathan Freeman and Gilbert Gottfried. The film was directed by Roger Ross Williams. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Life, Animated was released on July 1, 2016 and runs for 1h 31m.
Life, Animated (2016) holds an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 from 147 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
Yes. The official Life, Animated trailer is embedded in the trailer section of this page and plays instantly, no download or sign-up required.
