Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) by Tiberio S — 02 Sep 2017

This is a really moving movie - if you're not moved or made upset by this then I'm not sure you're human! One reason I had to stop watching this and only continue watching a long while later was because it was so upsetting.

It is a very good film though. I listened to the audio book many years previously which I rated really highly. I rate the film too, but prefer the book although they are both good for different reasons.

The film often focuses on Dominic's one working eye, whose pupil is the only part of his body he can move and therefore communicate with since he has locked in syndrome. It is also filmed as if from his point of view, too, which works.

You can really feel his emotions. In the book he comes across as more inspiring. I've read elsewhere that the film portrays him in a more negative light than the book he 'wrote', letter by letter via blinking.

He died just a few days after his book, which the filmed was inspired by, being published.