Cripplexploitation - a new genre?

Rating: 3/10 (4 October 2013)

I have to admit, it didn't help that the movie was listed as a "comedy". This film took a true and touching story, and reduced it to a grotesque caricature. The characters are uni-dimensional, stereotypical and predictable. I suppose its caricaturesque qualities is what qualifies the movie for the comedy category - right next to Ferris Buellers Day Off. But I found the style of the movie incompatible with and irreverent to the human story that inspired it.
By contrast, take "The Pursuit of Happiness" starring Will Smith. That movie tells a similar story of profound transformation of an individual, but it captures the humanity and the struggle in a way that it makes it a great movie; it doesn't attempt to cheapen the story for a few smiles.
I was surprised by how many bleeding hearts were blindsided in their reviews by the human story behind the movie. Yes, it's a great story, there is no denying that. The movie itself however - the movie is weak.