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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
| Release : | 1989 |
| Rating : | 7.8 |
| Studio : | Ferndale Films, RTÉ, Granada Television, |
| Crew : | Assistant Art Director, Construction Coordinator, |
| Cast : | Daniel Day-Lewis Brenda Fricker Kirsten Sheridan Eanna MacLiam Cyril Cusack |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Very well executed
Don't listen to the negative reviews
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Day Lewis and Fricker are superb but why do I get the feeling that this is only a part of the story, no doubt the most important part? I'll have to read the book to see if this is the inspiring true story presented by the movie.
one of his magnificent performances and one of the most impressive stories from the last decades of XX century cinema. this is the essence of a portrait about survive and about the image. and the great thing is the great performances of each actor. the humor. the air of family. the perseverance, fight against limits and about the verdict of the others. a masterpiece. this is the right word for define it. the motifs - many. each new view as new occasion to discover new and new ones.
Sometimes one movie can show you so much of life.. Teaches you the brutality, the sweetness, the harshness, the beauty of life.Life is not fair, and for a cripple it's far more tough, a child whose 10 years of his childhood was just to hold the chalk by his only active left foot to write a letter 'A'.From a child suffering from Cerebral Pulsy to become a Man Christy Brown and earning his name through his painting by his only active left foot was never so easy.But not even one time he saw the world from outside, nor he liked to be sympathized. He grew amidst all the harshness of society , to be recognizable. To fail in Love, to Womanising, from anger and frustration to Success, the journey was never been easy.Yes the journey is predictable in the end but the way this movie showed Christy Brown, like a man with all the negative qualities to show his positive side, is commendable.Very few movie inspires me so much.The movie is not about fantasy, not about scifi, not about neo noir gangstar mafia ballad,nor about dream and illusion reality, its about LIFE, and LIFE throughout. Hugh O'Connor what an acting.. Tears rolled down my eyes when you tried so hard to write the word 'MOTHER'.I have never seen a scene so intense.Daniel Day Lewis, I am awestruck, amazed,how you totally forgot you are not Christy Brown.. Any adjective to describe your portrayal of character will be insult to your acting. I am grateful to see you in this character , Always been a fan of your method acting, from LINCOLN to GANGS OF NEW YORK, you are surprisingly good, but this movie surpassed all. You deserved an Oscar,you got it, so does Brenda Fricker for portrayal of a mother who did not loose her hope. I will be forever grateful to this movie.The way it filled my heart with happiness and pain simultaneously.
This movie is amazing and the biggest reason why is the actor. This is maybe the single best performance by an actor in any movie that I have ever seen.I'm not sure why but I have to write ten whole lines for this review to count and be posted but I'm not sure what else to say so I guess I will just keep typing? This is really pointless, if we just have something short to say why should we have to write a bunch of extra mumbo jumbo too?Anyway if you like great performances then check this movie out, he is awesome!
