The Accountant (2016): Autism and ExtraOrdinary Ability

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For those of you who have been watching Batman V Superman, or already know well who Ben Affleck and how it is embedded in his character, then you deserve to watch this movie. The Accountant (2016), an action drama film that gives satisfaction to the audience. I have watched this film for a long time, but I just had the opportunity to review a little more to you now.

The Accountant tells of an accountant named Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), he was born to a family always settle in a new place, since childhood he has been autistic, always repeating the same sentence, and arranging things very neatly. In this film, autism is not a deficiency, but with full practice, autism will provide extraordinary abilities for sufferers.

The adult life that Christian lived was super abnormal, he was not an ordinary accountant, because he was able to make various false accounts and work for criminal companies. His cold character makes it hard to guess, at a glance, people see it not as a threat, he is quiet, has glasses, and looks very geeky. At the beginning of watching, you will think so, because we will not be able to guess what he is thinking. Salute with Ben Affleck for this film.

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Christian, here is described as an autistic person who has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) since childhood. Of course, as an autistic person, Christian has had difficulty interacting with people around him, that’s the reason he doesn’t have friends. Only virtual friends who always accompanied him, provided field instructions and ways to work.

The virtual friends he has always interact with him, both on mobile phones and computers in his car, they always interact, but we don’t know whether his friends really exist, or only virtual friends (AI) on his computer. First I thought it is a kind of Google assistant that works for him, but surprises will be found at the end of the film.

Apart from having expertise in counting numbers, Christian is also a skilled martial arts expert and shooter. True, his father has trained him since childhood with pencak silat from Indonesia and instilled confidence in him. Christian and his brother Brax (Jon Bernthal) were trained to avoid people who would be mean to them. He and his brother then separated for a long time. The story in this film back and forth, it has given a mysterious and unpredictable impression.

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Christian, as I have told you, does not have friends, but in the end he gets a new friend, a young female junior accountant named Dana Cummings (Anna Kendrick) who accompanied him with a dialogue that was a little absurd. Understandably, it seems like he also has low autism and rarely has friends too. Here are some dialogues that make the audience get smile.

Well, for those of you who want to see more about how you should treat an autistic person, you should watch this film, maybe your child is one of the sufferers, you will be proud. Check out the trailer for the official trailer below. It is suitable for you to watch with your partner, especially if you already have a child. Happy watching!

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• Movie Title: THE ACCOUNTANT
• Release Date: 4 November 2016 (UK)
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
• Director: Gavin O’Connor
• Writers: Bill Dubuque
• Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
• Duration: 2h 8min
• Distributed: WARNER BROS. PICTURES
• Rating from me: 7.8/10