Brief Review: Temple Grandin
I’ve been interested in animal behaviorist (and slaughterhouse designer) Temple Grandin since I first read about her in Oliver Sacks’s An Anthropologist on Mars, and last night we finally watched last year’s HBO film about her.
The script does a good job, but it’s pretty biopic-y, and I was annoyed by the extended “door opening” metaphor. On the plus side, Claire Danes gives a performance that manages to accurately mimic Grandin without losing the emotional truth of the character.
The best part is that the film really celebrates smart, strong women- not only Grandin, but also her mother and aunt. You can bet that I’ll show it to my daughters when they’re old enough to understand it.
