Sunday, November 16, 2014

"The Brooke Ellison Story" (2004)

An amazing story (that I'm assuming is true) about the journey of a girl (along with her mother and the rest of her family) from age 11 to college graduation from Harvard.  [I just spoiled the ending there for you.]  Amazing lady.  Amazing mother and family.  Brooke Ellison is a quadrapelic (or maybe it is paraplegic).  Brooke Ellison is a summa cum laude Harvard graduate (or maybe that was just her senior thesis?).  At the time that the film was made, she was working on her doctorate.

I think that qualifies for "inspirational story".

The movie is biographical.  End messages connect to the Christopher Reeves Foundation (which makes sense since it was directed by Christopher Reeves).

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday evening.  Just not much more to say about it.  Maybe that means the movie speaks for itself.

Maybe watch it on Mother's Day.