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 2838  6.9  7.5  Name: Howard Hughes Disorder: Obsessive-compulsive disorder Special gift: Aviation GemLil's rating:
 
4052 7.6 8.1  Name: John Nash Disorder: Schizophrenia Special gift: Mathematics GemLil's rating:
807 7.2 7  Name: Joon Disorder: Schizophrenia Special Gift: Art Description: Joon has a tendency to start fires which worries her older brother, Benny, to such an extent as to take away most of her life's freedoms. Joon feels oppressed thus and only acts out even more.  Name: Sam Disorder: Unknown Special gift: Humor Description: Joon is eccentric and a true comedian. He sees the world from an artist's perspective, which helps him to bond with Joon - maybe a little too closely for Benny's taste. GemLil's rating:
7491 8.4 8.9  Name: Norton Disorder: Multiple personality disorder/Schizophrenia GemLil's rating:
 
7764 7.9 8.7  Name: Forrest Gump Disorder: Mental retardation Special gift: Ping pong GemLil's rating:
 
1665 7.4 7.4  Name: Sam Dawson Disorder: Developmental disability GemLil's rating:
 
333 6.1 6  Name: Alexandra Rover Disorder: Obsessive-compulsive disorder/Schizophrenia Special gift: Writing 
2977 7.6 8  Name: Raymond Babbitt Disorder: Autism Special gift: Mathematics GemLil's rating:
 
500 7.5 8  Name: Karl Childers Disorder: Mental retardation Special gift: Mechanics Description: Karl Childers was sent to a mental institution since he was a child up until his being an older adult at the time of Sling Blade's beginning for killing his mother's lover - who he caught with his mom and thought was raping her - with a kaiser blade. He has a thick Southern accent and is a faithful Christian. When he gets out he finds himself bonding with a young boy named Frank Wheatley as well as his mother Linda, and her gay friend Vaughan. Childers becomes protective of the rest of the group from Linda's boyfriend Doyle's mean personality. 
533 6.5 6.6  Name: Nathaniel Ayers Disorder: Schizophrenia Special gift: Music 
2996 6 6.5  Name: Noah Percy Disorder: Developmental disability GemLil's rating:
 
2116 7.5 7.7  Name: Arnie Grape Disorder: Developmental disability GemLil's rating:
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I've got some more to add, but would be *spoilers*. So I won't :-)
http://www.listal.com/movie/molly
More light-hearted than many of the films already in the list. :)
Tell Gemlil to add Sling Blade, The Squid and the Whale, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape to her list of movies about mental illness."
Also add Phoebe in Wonderland, The Soloist, and Front of the Class.
Ta!
For anyone who loves movies that are so bad they're funny, this is the ticket.
*sobs* It was consensual!
If you're having trouble keeping up with this list, might you share with me? I'm usually up to date on mental illness movies and don't have too many lists to take care of.
something like that would be useful
Disorder-Too Photogenic
Gift-Everything else
Ben in Ben X played by Greg Timmermans- his hobby is RPG games (Talent unknown- Asperger's)
Micheala Klingler in Requiem played by Sandra Huller- Her hobby is teaching (Talent unknown- Epilepsy)
Francie Brady in The Butcher Boy played by Eamonn Owens- His hobby is comics (Talent unknown- Schizophrenia)
James Brocklebank in The Living and the Dead played by Leo Bill- His hobby is vehicles (Talent unknown- Schizophrenia and possible mental limitations)
Adam in Adam played by Hugh Dancy- his talent is astronomy (Asperger's)
Julien in Julien Donkey-Boy Played by Ewen Bremner- His hobby- sleeping with his sister? Hell, I don't know. (Talent unknown- Schizophrenia)
i would list taxidermy as Norman Bates' talent
Bobby Platt in All the Little Animals played by Christian Bale- His hobby is animals (Mental Retardation)
Dennis 'Spider' Cleg in Spider played by Ralph Fiennes- his talent is weaving spider's webs (Schizophrenia)
Melvin Udall in As Good As it gets Played by Jack Nicholson- his hobby (questionable talent) is novel writing- OCD
Angela in Angela played by Miranda Rhyne- her hobby (obsession) is religion (OCD or Schizophrenia)
Warren in There's Something About Mary played by W. Earl Brown- His hobbies are baseball and MTV- Mental Retardation