Failed Screenwriter’s Notebook

Rainbow Girl (PG-13)

Genre: Drama 

Plot:

Reimagining of the ‘Rainman’ legend in which selfish yuppie, Fanny Houlihan (Emma Thompson), is reunited with her estranged, autistic, tourettes suffering brother, Mickey (Joe Pesci) on a road trip across the USA in search of the doctor who may hold the secret to a cure (Morgan Freeman).

Unfortunately, Mickey’s condition turns out to be highly contagious to people who share his DNA, and Fanny is faced with the choice of losing the brother she loves, or losing her mind.