While the month of February is still dishing out dicey winter weather, it’s also dishing up some really fantastic movies we can duck into to escape the unpleasantness of outside!
“The Unbreakable Boy”, in theaters February 21, is one.
It’s my kind of movie, raw and real, but also positive and uplifting. It has “all the feels” as they say. It’s about a family dealing with the realities of a child who has both autism and a rare genetic disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bone disease), which causes frequent bone fractures.
It does such a beautiful job of illustrating the immense challenges and extreme joys that raising a child with special needs comes with.
“You’ve never met a kid like Austin. He’s not just one in a million… he’s one in four billion – the odds of being born with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes Austin truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming worldview that transforms and unites everyone around him – especially his dad, Scott (Zachary Levi), who comes to see Austin not as the symbol of something broken, but the triumph of an indestructible spirit.
To meet Austin is to know that being “unbreakable” is not about physical strength, but the inner strength that comes from embracing love and grace, even in the most trying times. “
“The Unbreakable Boy” stars Zachary Levi and Meghann Fahy as Austin’s parents, Patricia Heaton as his grandmother, and Jacob Laval as the resilient, effervescent Austin LeRette.
Learn more about “THE UNBREAKABLE BOY”
In theaters February 21, 2025
“The Unbreakable Boy”, based on a NYTimes bestseller of the same name, is an inspirational true story from Kingdom Story Company and the producers of “I Can Only Imagine”, and “I Still Believe.” TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 12, 2025.
