Review of Special People

When I first saw this movie, I was not familiar with Brooke Adams, and assumed that she was Dianne Dupuy, playing herself. It was the only explanation I could think of for the abysmal quality of her acting. I have seen her since, and now realize that although she is marvelously good-looking, she simply cannot act, and that fact drags down a script that already doesn't have much going for it. The fact that it is a true story, (and set in Toronto, Ontario) can't save it.

The kids who are part of Dupuy's troupe seem to be having a great time, and the whole thing plays out at the level of an amateur school play.