Rating: - Good movie
This was a very good movie. It shows a character that we should all have; that we are all human and we should be accepted for our differences.
Rating: - A Great Story Combined With An Accurate Depiction Of TS
The Tic Code has two main focuses - its three main characters, ten year-old Miles, his mother Laura, and professional jazz musician Tyrone; and the Tourette's Syndrome that afflicts two of those characters. Miles (Christopher George Marquette) is a little guy burdended with Tourettes and an unhappy school life (no surprise there) who finds solace in the piano, at which he's a budding prodigy. He follows the careers of a number of jazz musicians with great fervor, and eventually strikes up a friendship with musician Tyrone Pike (Gregory Hines, in his best performance), who frequents a local ... Read More
Rating: - Must See for Those with Tourette Syndrome
This movie is an excellent family drama, which also manages to educate the viewer on the topic of Tourette Syndrome, while remaining entertaining.
Rating: - Ticcer who soooo related to The Tic Code
As a person with Tourette Syndrome (Touretter), I laughed, cried and had a knot in the middle of my stomach as I saw my childhood flash before my eyes in this film that explores differenece in various ways: Tourette Syndrome, obviously, but also isolation and lonliness, emotional withdrawl and barriers to intimacy, past bad relationships and breaking through a wall of a lifetime of hurt, anger and danger.
I would recommend this film to anyone who cares about LIFE in a larger sense. The portrayal of Miles, the young boy w/Tourette is touching and extremely compelling--very true to life. ... Read More
Rating: - A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LIVING WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME...
This is an excellent movie about a twelve year old boy, Miles, an incredibly talented jazz pianist, who has Tourette Syndrome, and the adult male, Tyrone, a sax player, who befriends the boy. It turns out that he, too, has the same affliction, though his manifestations are more controlled. This is also the story of Miles' mother, who tries to grapple with the issue, while the boy's father, from whom she is divorced, is in complete denial. This is basically a story about life, and the way Tourette Syndrome touches upon it.
Here, the young boy is played by the very talented Christopher George ... Read More
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