‘Dina’ Sundance Review: Doc Explores Love, Marriage and Autism

The directors of “Mala Mala” follow their captivating heroine through wedding prep and love pains without condescension or coddling

The new documentary “Dina” calls this subject to mind because, while it specifically deals with an autistic adult and her impending nuptials, it’s a movie that, in the broadest sense, is about marriage itself.

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On a day trip to the Jersey shore, Dina presents Scott with a copy of “The Joy of Sex,” and she initiates one of several awkward conversations — and they would be awkward for anybody — about her need for intimacy and Scott’s reticence to touch and hug and kiss her.

(They range a spectrum from those who can drive to those who are relatively uncommunicative.) There’s never a sense of pity or pathos about the film’s subjects — both Dina and Scott lead complete, fulfilling lives, full of friends and family and activities and favorite TV shows.