As an adult with Aspergers, the movie was almost painful to watch in its reality. The scene where he doesn't go out with Beth and her friends. When he asks her if she wants sex (we are so used to misreading other people's non-verbal communication that you get in the habit of asking about those kind of things). His literal honesty with Beth. What losing his father and his job does to him. How unexpected change just blows his world apart. A very accurate picture of how we live, and how things affect us differently than the "normal" population.
My wife was sad when Adam and Beth broke up when he went out to California. My response was, "They ended up back together". The reason Adam said he HAD to go out to California by himself was because he had to show Beth that he COULD make it without her, he just didn't WANT to. That was something that he didn't know how to verbalize. And, if she truly understood him, she would then realize that, and come out to California.
When people ask me what Asperger's is like, all I do is tell them to watch this movie.
My wife was sad when Adam and Beth broke up when he went out to California. My response was, "They ended up back together". The reason Adam said he HAD to go out to California by himself was because he had to show Beth that he COULD make it without her, he just didn't WANT to. That was something that he didn't know how to verbalize. And, if she truly understood him, she would then realize that, and come out to California.
When people ask me what Asperger's is like, all I do is tell them to watch this movie.