This is Sia's method of getting the rest of us to view those with Autism as special and unique, not broken, but Autism is not what this movie is about.
If you don't "get" Sia, and you don't "get" Maddie Ziegler's dancing, then you probably won't like this movie at all. If you do, however, then you'll love this movie as much as I did...and I did, a great deal.
Kate Hudson was both brilliant and heartbreaking, but what really stood out for me was how masterfully Maddie Ziegler handled the challenges of expressing an autistic character's limited and repetitive behaviors in such a beautiful manner, and then how she let her character's view of her world simply explode onto the screen with her dance interpretations. Whenever Maddie Ziegler was onscreen, I found myself holding my breath.
Sia's "Music" has an outstanding cast, is wonderfully written and directed, and the dance numbers are both explosive and beautiful.
The only thing I didn't understand is what happened to the fat boy, and I felt the movie was edited down for time. I would love to see a director's cut so the narrative was fully developed.
Kudos to Sia and Maddie Ziegler for yet one more masterful partnership, and I look forward to their next project together.
"Music" is both beautiful and breathtaking.
If you don't "get" Sia, and you don't "get" Maddie Ziegler's dancing, then you probably won't like this movie at all. If you do, however, then you'll love this movie as much as I did...and I did, a great deal.
Kate Hudson was both brilliant and heartbreaking, but what really stood out for me was how masterfully Maddie Ziegler handled the challenges of expressing an autistic character's limited and repetitive behaviors in such a beautiful manner, and then how she let her character's view of her world simply explode onto the screen with her dance interpretations. Whenever Maddie Ziegler was onscreen, I found myself holding my breath.
Sia's "Music" has an outstanding cast, is wonderfully written and directed, and the dance numbers are both explosive and beautiful.
The only thing I didn't understand is what happened to the fat boy, and I felt the movie was edited down for time. I would love to see a director's cut so the narrative was fully developed.
Kudos to Sia and Maddie Ziegler for yet one more masterful partnership, and I look forward to their next project together.
"Music" is both beautiful and breathtaking.