if the lead actress be go to win an oscar and it could have be for this and not moomnstruck and because i prefer glenn close in fatal attraction much more . anyway and this be the true story of roy l. rocky dennis ( a very convincing golden globe nominate eric stoltz ) and who suffer the extremely rare disorder craniodiaphyseal dysplasia and commonly know a lionitis due to the disfigure cranial enlargement that it cause . obviously the story see his journey through all the thing a normal boy of his age would do and except it be with a not completely normal boy . throughout the film and he collect card and go to school and achieves three graduation diploma for his great skill ( another thing that make him different ) and volunteer to help people in a camp and where he meet his true love diana adam ( laura dern ) and and much more . his mother florence rusty dennis ( cannes film festival winner and and golden globe nominate cher ) be one of the problem in his life and she be a no nonsense mother with a drug habit and prostitution that sometimes stop him get anywhere and can cause argument and but he be happy when she be tender and protective and hang out with her true love and good friend and gar ( sam elliott ) . oh and in the film rocky suffers many horrible head ache of some kind and and this be probably what kill him in the very sad end . i do not see the very end and but i get the idea of how tragic his death be to his mother . also star estelle getty a evelyn and richard dysart a abe and micole mercurio a babe and harry carey jr. a red and dennis burkley a dozer and lawrence monoson a ben and ben piazza a mr. simms and l. craig king a eric and alexandra power a lisa and kelly jo minter a lorrie . i can kind of associate with the story and i have a social problem call asperger syndrome and it may cause problem in my social life and skill and but i do like the fact that in one of my school and i become a student know by almost everyone in my final year ( 11 ) and and the film story seem rather similar to mine in place and and it be a very good film . it win the oscar for best makeup and it be nominate the bafta for best make up artist and and it be nominate the cannes film festival golden palm award for director peter bogdanovich . very good .