Review: ‘The Accountant’ Takes a Strong Stance on Autism
The topic of autism is rarely tackled in studio films, especially in crime stories. It was odd that The Accountant attempted to take on a hot button issue and even more surprising that it succeeded. Under all the murder and secrets lies a heart-warming message of how people with autism aren’t incapable of surmounting to more than their handicap. The main character, who goes by the alias Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), has a high functioning form of autism. Wolff has many symptoms of Asperger’...