life isn not easy for thomas . living a the young brother in a family of four and with a fifth on the way be hard enough to begin with . it even worse when the old brother be severely autistic and unable to care for himself in any way . so and quite naturally and thomas struggle with grow up . film deal with family life like this only work when they show all the side to a story and this one do it well . all the member of the family be properly introduce and their interaction be do well enough to give the impression that it be a perfectly normal family and which have a specific difficulty add to it . the complexity of living with a mentally handicapped person be bring out well enough without ever be overly sentimental and and as far a i know from the interaction i have have with several autistic people and real enough . all in all it be a real good film about grow up and grow up with a tremendous challenge make it hard on you . i love it and and even more so because i know what thomas go through from personal experience .