The Unbreakable Boy takes a turn toward something more sentimental than tough. Faith-based movies would be better if their happy endings weren’t always so rosy.

the real struggle here is trying to connect with this film beyond a wan appreciation that a father finally learned how to love his son for who he is. Good for him, I guess?

The character is largely sanded down to a toothy smile and a nagging sense that his dad always feels “close and far away at the same time, like even though I’m right there he doesn’t really see me.” He might as well be describing the film itself.

Every time it returns to Austin... the film reconnects with its core: the non-judgmental gaze of a child that reminds us there are many ways of being in the world, and that all deserve respect. [Full review in Spanish]