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‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Review: Zachary Levi Is the Troubled Dad in an Autism Drama Too Feel-Good for Its Own Good
As a drama of parenthood it's at once faith-based and therapeutic, but with a live-wire performance by Jacob Laval at its center.
“The Unbreakable Boy” was completed three years ago, and that means the Zachary Levi we see in this movie is closer to the brightly grinning earnest man-child who was so appealing in the first “Shazam!” film, which came out in 2019. More of an edge to the film’s portrayal of autism.” But after being placed in a psych ward, and a class for special-needs kids, Austin snaps back into the same old charming insular brainiac-saint, and that’s where “The Unbreakable Boy” takes a turn toward something more sentimental than tough. At one point the film teases us with the suggestion that Scott’s imaginary friend, a burly bearded drinking buddy named Joe (Drew Powell), who he hashes out his problems with, might actually be God.
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