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Dominican Rep. The Miracle Worker
5,845
Drama
Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and ... [+]
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"A fierce, moving job, highlighted by the incredibly savage battles between teacher Annie and pupil Helen" | ||
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"It's a stunningly impressive piece of work (...) What is in fact astonishing is the way that, while constructing a piece of very carefully directed and intelligently written melodrama, Penn manages to avoid sentimentality" | ||
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"Truffaut's The Wild Child is a more beautifully conceived picture on the same theme, but even with its imperfections and staginess this early Penn film is extraordinary." | ||
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"The film is a harrowing, painfully honest, sometimes violent journey, astonishingly acted and rendered." |
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