So you'll have to do some research if you want to know more. While these movies are entertaining, they're not all particularly realistic. Other movies, like the lighter Jake Gyllenhaal rom-com Bubble Boy, add a touch of levity to this otherwise grim subject. The 1994 Lifetime movie A Child's Cry For Help was one of the earliest movies to foreground the disease, though Rolling Stone notes cases of MBP were making the news back in the '60s. Eddie in It has a lot going on besides his mother's hypochondriacal control over his life, though his asthma inhaler is an omnipresent reminder. Some films include the disorder as a character detail of a side plot. Fiona takes the unexpected decision to visit him in hospital this brief, intense. Per the Mayo Clinic, the disordered individual "falsely claims that another person has physical or psychological signs or symptoms of illness, or causes injury or disease in another person with the intention of deceiving others." And if you're fascinated by The Act, you may want to check out these 15 movies about Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which are a surprising mix of horrific and humorous. Adam (Fionn Whitehead) is a 17-year-old boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion on religious grounds. The dark reality of the seemingly heartwarming relationship between devoted mom Dee Dee Blanchard and her chronically and seriously ill daughter Gypsy Rose was exposed as a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy (MBP), or as it's called now, Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another. But, as you probably know, it's based on a true story. The plot of the Hulu series The Act seems almost unthinkable.
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