Can you name the Mentally Challenged Lead Characters? by hsox05

Can you name the Mentally Challenged Lead Characters?

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Actor Character	Movie	Year Illness
Dustin Hoffman Raymond Babbit		1988 Autism
Russell Crowe John Nash		2001 Schizophrenia
Tom Hanks Title Character		1994 Severely Low IQ
Sean Penn Title Character		2001 Unspecified
Geoffrey Rush David Helfgott		1996 Anxiety Disorder
Cuba Gooding Jr Title Character		2004 Unspecified
Jake Gyllenhall Title Character		2001 Schizophrenia
Cliff Robertson Title Character		1968 Down's Syndrome

Actor Character	Movie	Year Illness
Leonardo DiCaprio Arnie*		1993 Unspecified
Miko Hughes Simon Lynch*		1998 Autism
Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers		1996 Unspecified
Kevin Spacey Prot		2001 Schizophrenia
John Malkovich Lennie Small		1992 Unspecified
Juliette Lewis Carla Tate		1999 Down's Syndrome
Jamie Foxx Nathaniel Ayers		2008 Schizophrenia
Hugh Dancy Title Character		2009 Asperger's
Tugg Speedman Title Character	2009 Asperger's
Johnny Knoxville Steve Barker	2009 Asperger's
Mary Stuart Masterson Title Character	2009 Asperger's

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Mentally Challenged Lead Characters Quiz

by hsox05

Created Oct 23, 2009 in Movies
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	hsox05:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 13:14 GMT	1 point
	*Listed as supporting character, but central character of the story.

	Fidelio:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 13:23 GMT	2 points
	I understand that it was never specifically said that Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Karl in Sling Blade and Lennie in Of Mice and Men were mentally retarded...but isn't that a safe assumption?

	hsox05:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 13:31 GMT	1 point
	Well, everyone on this list is mentally challenged. Mental retardation = mentally challenged due to people's pejorative use of the word "retard". If it's not stated more specifically than just "challenged" I just left it as unspecified.

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	hsox05:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 16:25 GMT	3 points
	Seriously? Mentally Challenged IS the PC version. Like I said in my last comment, Mental Retardation USED to be the accepted term, but it became pejorative and mentally challenged became the new PC term. Suggestions?

	rockgolf:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	2 points
	How about Fight Club? Oh, wait, I'm not supposed to talk about it. Well, then, Charlie - it won Cliff Robertson an Oscar. Or this year's Adam, about an adult with Asperger's.

	hsox05:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:10 GMT	1 point
	Fight Club I was going to stay away from because that is classified under "dissociative disorder" which opens the door for countless films. Charly is a good one that completely slipped my mind, and adding the most recent one is always a good idea. Thanks for the input!

	JohnJF:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	11 points
	I bet Sean Penn would be the most guessed on here if he hadn't gone the full retard.

	spqr:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:47 GMT	1 point
	I played this quiz just to see if there were the bonus answers that I thought there should be, and there were, so well done.

	Seth:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 00:41 GMT	6 points
	How about Benny and Joon?

	hsox05:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 00:53 GMT	1 point
	@seth: that's a good one too. Let me find one equally good and I'll add it. I may put it as a bonus answer in the meantime.

	MrJSR26:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 04:09 GMT	2 points
	It's my understanding that Donnie Darko wasn't really schizophrenic, but that his visions were real, as he is apparently a real superhero within the movie. There's mention of it in the DVD commentary.

	cmcsquared:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	3 points
	Good job putting Simple Jack on that made me laugh

	micktravis:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 22:26 GMT	2 points
	"Mentally challenged" doesn't really fit with schizophrenia or anxiety disorder. Being mentally challenged implies that you have a significantly below average IQ. Certainly not the case with Nash or Helfgott...

	hsox05:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT	1 point
	Would mentally disabled work better?

	rockgolf:	Oct 28th, 2009 at 04:32 GMT	1 point
	BTW, very nice use of "br" in the clues. So many people don't know how much better it looks.

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Oct 30th, 2009 at 00:45 GMT	1 point
	Never go full retard.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 5th, 2009 at 00:15 GMT	2 points
	I agree about Donnie Darko, he was only classified as scizophrenic because, well, it's sorta hard to believe there's actually a gigantic rabbit talking to him. But there totally is. In any case, great quiz: however, may I suggest Brick Tamland for Anchorman?

	hsox05:	Nov 5th, 2009 at 00:36 GMT	1 point
	Re: Donnie Darko. Interesting. I believe he still sees hallucinations (something about light beams?). I am of the opinion it is ok to leave it on there because he was at least diagnosed with the disorder. The synopsis I just read while typing this said the same thing about light hallucinations.

	raathman:	Nov 5th, 2009 at 08:17 GMT	1 point
	the soloist only came out this year in the uk, so that threw me. Good quiz though. I was gonna suggest simple jack as a joke, but i wish i'd just tried it now!

	scottgingold:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 12:36 GMT	1 point
	Hugh Dancy, not Darcy.

	chockliticeee:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 18:07 GMT	1 point
	In Donnie Darko - his psychiatrist tells Mr. and Mrs. Darko that she believes he his suffering from schizophrenia. It is not proved whether this is true or not, but it's stated.

	hsox05:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT	1 point
	maybe i should swap donnie darko to a bonus answer and include benny and joon (currently a bonus answer) as a regular answer?

	Hamburger:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 10:46 GMT	1 point
	Primal fear?

	Pierrepont:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 02:22 GMT	0 points
	Riding the Bus with my Sister. Enough said.

	hsox05:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	1 point
	RE:Hamburger: SPOILER- The multiple personality disorder in Primal Fear is all an act... RE: Pierrepoint: While that's a good one, it's a TV movie. Thanks for the input guys

	wolv82:	Nov 16th, 2009 at 15:44 GMT	1 point
	Is there anyway to put what the asterisk denotes in the description of the quiz instead of in the comments? It would be helpful to people who don't read the comments until after taking the quiz to avoid spoilers

	JDaigle:	Dec 12th, 2009 at 21:32 GMT	-1 points
	I agree that Donnie Darko should not be on here. Every person is going to have a different opinion of his life. That's the nature of the movie. I personally think he was fully functioning. Also Forrest Gump doesn't have a low IQ, he just lacks social skills. This leads me to believe that he is autistic. It is not in the movie though. Good quiz.

	hsox05:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 23:08 GMT	1 point
	I raised the question about switching out donnie darko and no one has since commented whether thats the right course of action. Gump does have a low IQ, its mentioned in the books as well as the movie. The scene is memorable, the principal shows a chart where "normal" is, then shows where Forrest is, then Mrs. Gump ... uh... persuades the principal to let Forrest in school.

	OMDQ:	Dec 13th, 2009 at 23:24 GMT	2 points
	Mental retardation is still an actual diagnosis, based on a testable IQ under 70. According to a Slate article I just found, however, it is being used less and less, and I can understand why you would want to steer clear. The phrase that I am hearing and seeing more often is "intellectual disability." It was mentioned in the Slate article as well as a recent Sports Illustrated story on the Special Olympics.

	citizen_Ephiny:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 19:28 GMT	1 point
	Neither Cliff Robertson's Charly nor Juliette Lewis' Carla had Down Syndrome. Corky from Life Goes On had Down Syndrome; people with that disorder have very distinctive physical features. The characters were mentally disabled, but it wasn't Down Syndrome.

	HLJW1989:	Dec 25th, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	2 points
	Your terminology needs a lot of work. Autism and Asperger's are not "illnesses," they are neurological disorders.

	BagelPopper:	Jan 14th, 2010 at 02:33 GMT	1 point
	very nice bonus answer.

	hydra351:	Feb 1st, 2010 at 03:12 GMT	1 point
	brad pitt in 12 monkeys. so awesome.

	coulraphobic123:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 05:19 GMT	1 point
	VERY happy to see Arnie Grape on here...as a young man who has been acting for the bulk of his life (16 of 22 years) on stage, in theatre, and in a couple of small budget indie films...Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in that film is the greatest acting performance I've ever seen in my life. My parents had close family friends who has a daughter much like Arnie, so having grown up around her, when I watched this film, I was speechless. If you haven't seen it, WATCH IT...best performance of his career.

	ras0723:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 03:15 GMT	1 point
	WHAT ABOUT BOB??? according to his psychiatrist, he's "an almost-paralyzed, multiphobic personality who is in a constant state of panic".