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‘Music’, the first film written and directed by pop powerhouse Sia, was beset by controversy before it was even released. First she was criticised for casting non-autistic Maddie Ziegler as an autistic character, then she had to apologise for scenes depicting the use of restraints on autistic people.
The film has since premiered to absolutely lousy reviews:
NME‘s Leonie Cooper writes in a one-star verdict that rather than offering a sensitive insight into living with a neurological disorder, Ziegler’s autistic teenager is “reduced to a supporting stock character whose main purpose is to help [her half-sister] Zu become a better person”. At the time of writing,