Based on a true story, the film follows a boy with autism and brittle bone disease named Austin.

The story starts with Austin narrating an overview of his life. It begins with him, his dad, and his little brother, Logan, celebrating New Year’s Eve at a venue. Austin discusses how his dad constantly broke things.

It then switches to when his father meets his mother. Their names are Scott and Teresa. They meet at a clothing store. They go on a few dates until Teresa finds out that she is pregnant. She also has brittle bone disease.

At some point, she gives birth to Austin, who cries a lot during his infancy. Not long after, he is diagnosed with brittle bone disease.

As Austin grows up, his parents notice that his behavior is different and peculiar. He then gets diagnosed with autism.

When he starts school again, Austin considers this kid, Tyler, his “friend.” But Tyler isn’t exactly friendly.

Austin continues to have a healthy relationship with his family. He especially loves spending time with his dad. However, his dad sometimes doesn’t understand him.

Austin continues to find strengths, despite his conditions. He is very talkative, detail-oriented, and smart.

Unfortunately, something goes wrong with him after he takes a certain medication. He behaves badly, calls his family names, and throws something at his mother. His parents send him to a mental institution for a few days. This, particularly, devastates his mom.

After he is picked up and brought home from the institution, Austin has improved with himself. Things get better for a bit… until Scott drives home drunk from the New Year’s Eve party. Teresa kicks him out of the house for a while.

Will the family’s relationship improve?

This movie kept my attention all the way through. One aspect that I applaud is focusing on a person with special needs – especially a protagonist. There aren’t a lot of movies that do that, whether they’re pure fiction or based on true stories.

However, many events that occurred during this movie happened with the same family in real life. For example, Scott would talk to an imaginary man whenever he had issues. This was also the case with the real Scott.

Austin’s relationship with his family was pretty good. In fact, there are many scenes that focus just on his parents.

The scenes switched a lot throughout the film. They weren’t too fast – just quick enough to get the essentials covered.

This movie was also very fast-paced. Austin (the actor playing him) would narrate many moments.

That being said, the later parts did feel a bit slow. Don’t worry – I won’t spoil anything.

I will state that even though this movie is rated PG, there are a few uses of mature language. I recommend that viewers be, at least, 11 to watch this movie.

Overall, I enjoyed The Unbreakable Boy. It was a great movie about a strong and memorable kid that many children and even adults with disabilities can learn from.

I give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.