Maze (2000 film)


Maze is a 2000 romance film about a New York painter and sculptor—Lyle Maze —with Tourette syndrome and obsessive–compulsive disorder, who falls in love with Callie, the pregnant girlfriend of Maze's best friend Mike while Mike is away on a long stay in Africa as a doctor.

Development

After viewing a documentary on Tourette's, Morrow believed that individuals with TS
"had a lament that they would never experience love because of this affliction".
Of the film's theme, Morrow said:
I wasn't looking to do anything about Tourette—I was really thinking about themes of love. It was becoming clear that love is one of the most important things we can experience. I was trying to come up with a character who adapted himself to a life without love.... My movie is a tribute to anyone with an affliction who thinks they'll never find love.

Casting

Morrow had played a person with TS in the film Other Voices and had already learned to portray tics, so "casting himself actually made things a bit easier". Linney was Morrow's first choice for the role of Callie because "he felt the kind of understanding and close rapport he knew would be necessary to bring the two lead characters to life".

Critical reception

gave the film an average rating of 4.9/10 based on 22 reviews.
The New York Times wrote: