Charlie Gordon is mentally
handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for
experimental surgery it looks like his dream may finally come true. But the
surgery has side effects that could kill Charlie. Can Charlie survive being
just plain old "Charlie Gordon" and will his newfound romance survive
this test of character, Charlie (Mathew Modine. have dreams, will travel),is emboldened,
with his newfound genius, but finds himself questioning the value of his intellect and struggling to
accept his former self. He confides in Algernon, a lab mouse who has had the
same procedure and his teacher, Alice (Kelli Williams) who he begins to fall
for, adopted from Daniel Keyes timeless Novel, Flowers for Algernon is an
acclaimed drama of self discovery, the unbreakable bounds we form with those
who understand us, and the capacity we hold to change.
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