What you need to know about the Ezra Movie

Last week I watched the Ezra movie.  It’s taken me a week to decompress and find the right words in how I can express my thoughts.  I walked in there hoping to see an inspirational story about autism, I left feeling like my heart had been ripped out of my chest and stomped on.

Ezra is a beautiful movie, a movie that hits really close to home for so many parents with autistic children.  It struck a chord with everyone that came to the private screening.

In that cinema, I saw tissues taken from packets, wiping away tears and blowing noses.

Mums and dads, no doubt felt like they were watching parts of their own lives unfold on the big screen.

Throughout the movie there were twangs that pulled at my heart strings. Moments that felt so real that I felt like I couldn’t breathe.  But it was the ending where the floodgates truly opened.  I grieved all over again for Ezra’s dad, Max.  I grieved for Ezra.  I grieved for me.  I grieved for my angel boy.

In the movie it shows a parent, who feels he has no other option but to take his son on a road trip and remove him for his current environment.  A parent who feels like their concerns, opinions and worries are no longer being seen, heard or validated.

Far too often I speak to mums who feel exactly like this.

Who feel like their opinions are not being heard.  That their worries and concerns about their child’s development are not being seen.  But most importantly, that as a mother, as the primary caregiver, that they are not given the validation and opportunity to share as the expert person in that child’s life.

Although heartbreaking, Ezra was a fantastic movie.  I urge parents to see it either on the big screen or when it comes out on Netflix.

Will it break your heart?  Yes.
Will you cry your eyes out?  Yes.
Will you feel like you can’t breathe at times?  Potentially.

But….

Will it make you want to go home and hugs your kids just that bit longer?  Absolutely.
Will it make you want to fight harder for your kids than you ever have before?  Hell yes!
Will you know that you are not alone on this journey?  100%

And although my mascara was smudged from the top of my eyelids down to my cheeks, I wouldn’t have changed it.  I wouldn’t have changed a thing.  It was important for me to see a movie that depicted what so many of my clients and friends are going through.

It was important to me to see another story of autism.

It was important to me to share this story with so many people.

So, if you get the chance, please go and watch it.

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