Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.
Temple Grandin is elevated above most TV biopics by Claire Danes' extraordinary, Oscar-winning performance and inventive visual storytelling that literally puts the viewer inside Grandin's mind — split screens, visual metaphors, and her unique sensory perspective rendered cinematically. The subject matter is genuinely novel, exploring autism through the lens of scientific achievement and animal welfare in ways rarely seen. The plotting follows a fairly conventional rise-against-adversity biopic arc, and the ending, while uplifting, is somewhat predictable in its inspirational resolution.