
Freak City tells the moving story of a young woman, played by Samantha Mathis, who is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and is institutionalized by her family. Alone and feeling abandoned she struggles to regain her sense of dignity and independence by bonding with a wide assortment of fellow patients. Other residents at the home include Jonathan Silverman as a blind man, Marlee Maitlin, a woman with cognitive disabilities, and singer-actress Natalie Cole as a blues singer in... (Full plot summary below)
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Freak City tells the moving story of a young woman, played by Samantha Mathis, who is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and is institutionalized by her family. Alone and feeling abandoned she struggles to regain her sense of dignity and independence by bonding with a wide assortment of fellow patients. Other residents at the home include Jonathan Silverman as a blind man, Marlee Maitlin, a woman with cognitive disabilities, and singer-actress Natalie Cole as a blues singer injured in an accident and left with severe mental and emotional challenges. Working together they share many funny and sometimes bittersweet moments and celebrate overcoming their challenges as a family brought together by circumstance.
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| User ReviewSusan PIt's hard out here for a gimp. Just watch this movie if you want to know why I live in Minnesota. This is what would happen to me just about anywhere else in this country if I didn't have a family who cared. I saw it on Showtime and felt grateful. Not a perfect movie, but I don't think I've ever seen one like it, and I really sort of loved it. |
| User ReviewFrances HI felt really bad for the old lady trying to get someone to tell her husband where she was. It was really sad. It was really a great movie. |