Oscar winners Whoopi Goldberg and Robert DeNiro, along with Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga and Rainn Wilson signed on for this summer release, directed by Tony Goldwyn.

William A. Fitzgerald has the title role.

We know a lot more about autism than we did when “Rain Man” came out, or “The Last Right,” for that matter. Our understanding of “the spectrum” is outstripping the movies’ efforts to depict it.

This looks sweet and inspiring.