Her family loves her but they are all convinced she is a dumb, soft-brained child with the intelligence of an animal who will never learn anything. All of this while being looked at with pity by her family. She is allowed to eat with her hands, knock over or break anything and basically do whatever else she desires. Helen has been unable to communicate with her family except through physical temper tantrums since a childhood illness took her three senses from her at the age of 19 months old. The movie focuses on Annie’s struggle to draw Helen, a blind, deaf and mute girl out of her world of darkness and silence. This movie is the story about Annie Sullivan, (Alison Elliott), and her efforts in working with a young sullen Helen Keller (Hallie Kate Eisenberg). It is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's struggles to teach her. The Miracle Worker is a 2000 television remake of the two films with the same name from 19.
