The Autism Problem

The Autism Problem is a 2001 comedy film directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by David Webber and Jason Stewart and stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew McConaughey and Dewon Sawa and it was produced by David Webber. It is about three people living in Boston that deals with autism.

The film was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and it was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 27, 2001.

Plot
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Cast

 * Jennifer Aniston
 * Courtney Cox
 * Lisa Kudrow
 * Dewon Sawa
 * Matthew McConaughey

Production
David Webber and Jason Stewart were longtime fans of the Friends show and it was interested in doing a movie adaptation. He wrote a 100-page treatment for the film in 1997. When Friends writer David Crane was not interested, the duo rewrote it in its own script. Shawn Levy, fresh off of Just in Time was attached to direct the film in 1999, so Webber and Stewart had to cast both Aniston, Cox and Kudrow in mind.

The film was filmed using set props from the show Friends at Warner Bros. Soundstage Studios. Christophe Beck was hired to compose the score for the film in the August of 2000.

Box office
The Autism Problem was a modest success at the box office. On a budget of $16 million, and even on the same day Planet of the Apes opened, the film was a hit, grossing $40,742,525 domestically and $36,242,524 internationally, for a worldwide grand total of $76,985,049.

The film grossed $18 million in its opening weekend, finishing third behind Jurassic Park III and Planet of the Apes, which happened on the same day the film was released.

Critical response
The Autism Problem received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 46% based on 95 reviews, with an average of 5.0/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Though nothing like a film, this feels like a bad episode of the show Friends, though it was filled with laughs.". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". AUdiences polled by CinemaScore gace the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.