Zig Zag (Sam Jones III) is an autistic kid from an abusive household. He also has a verbally abusive boss, Mr. Walters (Oliver Platt). It seems that all he would know is abuse if it weren't for his acting big brother, Dean Singer (John Leguizamo).
When I say autistic, Zig Zag is on the spectrum, but he's not like Rainman. He's more like a Dr. Seah Murphy from "The Good Doctor" except a worse portrayal of an autistic kid. Zig Zag was good at memorizing numbers and he got himself in a jam when he stole money from his boss after seeing him open his safe. The rest of the movie was Singer and his effort to return the money.
This movie brings a few questions to mind.
1. How does a fifteen-year-old autistic boy legally work?
2. Why is an autistic kid in regular classes with non-autistic kids
3. Since when does LAPD have time to spend investigating a theft for more than thirty minutes it takes to have the victim fill out a report (even if it was $9000).
4. Since when do autistic individuals violently scheme (Zig Zag walloped his boss over the head for know apparent reason)?
"Zig Zag" just failed to launch and it was largely due to the lack of believability. Sam Jones III did a little head bob, poked out his lip, and spoke like a ten-year-old and that was his version of autism. I'm far from an expert on autism, but I just didn't buy it.
When I say autistic, Zig Zag is on the spectrum, but he's not like Rainman. He's more like a Dr. Seah Murphy from "The Good Doctor" except a worse portrayal of an autistic kid. Zig Zag was good at memorizing numbers and he got himself in a jam when he stole money from his boss after seeing him open his safe. The rest of the movie was Singer and his effort to return the money.
This movie brings a few questions to mind.
1. How does a fifteen-year-old autistic boy legally work?
2. Why is an autistic kid in regular classes with non-autistic kids
3. Since when does LAPD have time to spend investigating a theft for more than thirty minutes it takes to have the victim fill out a report (even if it was $9000).
4. Since when do autistic individuals violently scheme (Zig Zag walloped his boss over the head for know apparent reason)?
"Zig Zag" just failed to launch and it was largely due to the lack of believability. Sam Jones III did a little head bob, poked out his lip, and spoke like a ten-year-old and that was his version of autism. I'm far from an expert on autism, but I just didn't buy it.