It broke my heart

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2000)

I only saw this film once, but it really tugged at my emotions. Here you have a perfectly sane, creative person who, for reason of deformity, has to endure the harshness and depravity of society. Thank God he was taken in by a kind, compassionate man. What was so sad was that the "Elephant Man" who was not even known by his name, was expected to live as an outcast because of his disease. All who he was as a person or all that he had to offer was discredited. It broke my heart when he said that he was a human being, not an animal. Needless to say, I often found myself in tears for the person he was, but could not be. It has definately opened my eyes about treating people with disabilities with the respect they deserve.