A man with Asperger's journeys across America to reunite with his love after a national tragedy.
Earnest and melancholy. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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No surprises for a PG-13: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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