Assignment 1- Movie Review

Due: Sep 7 by 11:59pm

Points: 30

1. What is the movie Temple Grandin all about?

Temple Grandin is a 2010 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick
Jackson and starring Claire Danes as Temple Grandin, an autistic woman whose innovations
revolutionized practices for the humane handling of livestock on cattle ranches and
slaughterhouses .Temple Grandin is an example of a film with an implicitly pro-life message.
Based on the true story of Temple Grandin, a woman with autism who became an expert on
animal husbandry, this biopic shows the inherent value of the person in the face of limitations or
disability.

2. What have you learned about the movie?

I have learned that management takes effort. You could almost taste her frustration about
installing a new system somewhere and coming back a year later to find it not working. She’s
found that it all depends on good management. Whether it’s a huge or a small farm, the
difference between good and bad isn’t size, but the quality of the management. And she believes
strongly that objective measurements are key. The movie also wants to give us a lesson about the
feelings and emotions of the animals. Evidence of this abounds, not in agriculture schools or
farm education, but in neuroscience. Anybody who loves a pet knows this instinctively, but it’s
also been documented. I loved how Temple describes the “seeking” emotion.

3. What is your overall reaction about the movie?

For me, this movie is powerful, it’s because it reminds us to be cognizant of how others
process information, helping us let go of long-held, limiting assumptions - thus opening up
worlds for everyone. We all think in unique ways. Temple Grandin has solidified the importance
of valuing neurodiversity. I really do like this movie, it presents audiences with a complicated
and nuanced portrayal of an autistic woman that challenges conventional assumptions, elevating
and redefining the filmic discourse on autism into a more honest and sophisticated understanding
of what it means to be "different, not less."