Molly

Molly is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film about an autistic woman who came into the custody of her neurotic executive brother. The film was directed by John Duigan and written by Dick Christie, and stars Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, and Jill Hennessy. Elisabeth Shue plays the title character, Molly McKay, a profoundly autistic twenty-eight year old woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car acc... more

Molly is a 1999 romantic comedy-drama film about an autistic woman who came into the custody of her neurotic executive brother. The film was directed by John Duigan and written by Dick Christie, and stars Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, and Jill Hennessy. Elisabeth Shue plays the title character, Molly McKay, a profoundly autistic twenty-eight year old woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due to budget cuts, Molly is left in the charge of her neurotypical older brother, Buck McKay (played by Aaron Eckhart), an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Molly, who verbalizes very little and is obsessed with lining up her shoes in neat rows, throws Buck's life into a tailspin as she runs off her nurses and barges into a meeting at Buck's agency naked. When Buck consults Molly's neurologist, Susan Brookes (played by Jill Hennessy) suggests an experimental surgery in which healthy brain... less