Oz' scarecrow becomes the tin man. A touching personal drama with excellent acting by the main character. concerns a retarded young man (60 IQ) who works as a school janitor. He is used in an experiment which increases his intelligence gradually, ending at 190 IQ. He learns five languages incl Chinese, gets to a PHD level in chemistry and math, and quickly learns to play complex musical pieces. A relationship starts with his piano teacher, the first time he has had a relationship with a woman. When she tells him he needs to play with feeling, all starts to crumble. He not only has the emotional development of a 9 year-old, but his intelligence has started to wane. He realizes the Dr's are using him as a guinea pig and spectacle to show off their brilliance and stops the treatments, loses the woman who had come to loved him deeply and returns to his former life where he is at home and has his limited but warm relationships with the neighbors and workers. But all he has lost!
Review of Des fleurs pour Algernon
Des fleurs pour Algernon
(2006 TV Movie)
a touching and intelligent movie
6 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers