It stars Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Goldwyn, William Fitzgerald, and Robert De Niro.

Ezra struggles to adapt to the outside world, and Max often takes him to comedy clubs with him so he can be his good luck charm, much to Jenna's irritation.

Upon hearing Jenna's lawyer boyfriend Bruce make an offhand joke about beating Max up, Ezra takes it literally and attempts to warn his father only to be scared in front of an oncoming taxi by a dog.

En route to his friend Nick's cabin in Michigan, Max learns from his manager friend Jayne that a video she posted of a bombed comedy set is in the hands of Jimmy Kimmel, and he wants him to perform on his show provided he and Ezra make the cross-country drive to a Friday audition in Los Angeles.

In an interview he said that the film's script was the ultimate product of him realizing he didn't need to "fix" his son's autism.

[9] Spiridakis frequently asked his good friend, actor Tony Goldwyn, to read drafts throughout the years.

[11][12] The creators of the film began the casting process knowing they wanted an autistic actor to play the lead.

The website's consensus reads: "Good performances give Ezra a resonant emotional core even when its script strains credulity, balancing out into a solid family drama.