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My Left Foot

Play trailer Poster for My Left Foot R,  1989,  1h 43m,  Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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98% Tomatometer 45 Reviews 92% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), 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 (Brenda Fricker) -- and no shortage of grit and determination -- Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
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No doubt most will come to My Left Foot for Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, but the movie's refusal to go downbeat will keep it in viewer minds afterwards.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Sep 11, 2023
This is Jim Sheridan’s first feature film, but he’s an experienced man of the theatre, with a moviemaker’s vision and a grownup’s sense of integrity. Go to Full Review
Peter Travers Rolling Stone Jun 12, 2020
It's the kind of role that showoff stars leap at. Luckily for the film and us, an actor got there first. Go to Full Review
Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2020
It is a spellbinding journey. Go to Full Review
Sue Heal Radio Times Aug 17, 2024
5/5
A superb movie chronicling the life of writer and artist Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy, portrayed with astonishing passion and sensitivity by Daniel Day-Lewis. Go to Full Review
Terry Francis Southern Voice (Atlanta) May 9, 2023
4/4
The lives depicted in My Left Foot are full-bodied, flesh and blood dramas of existence. There's no sentimentality in any of the performances. Go to Full Review
Bill Cosford Miami Herald Aug 16, 2021
3/4
[Daniel Day-Lewis's] performance is extraordinary for its subtleties over the obvious physical manifestations The direction by Jim Sheridan is tough-edged. Go to Full Review
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Draco M Jun 14, 2018 a writhing response to an imperishable question.. My Left Foot: The Story Of Chris Brown There are very few features that are known for its stand-out performance that has touched thousands of heart and this is one of them. The writing is compelling; even though of familiar structure that follows up the same rudimentary process that a usual biography does, but is still adaptive and exhilarating, especially when created a dramatic sequences that is not only poetic but rhymes too, to the tone of it which shows the passion and enthusiasm of the makers on telling the story. It may be short on technical aspects like sound department and editing, but surprisingly it barely factors in, as the audience finds itself in the awe of the performance, for the most of the time. Jim Sheridan; the screenwriter and director, is in his A game and brings out the best possible outcome in each and every frame of it. As mentioned earlier, there is no flinching on the excellence and hard work of Daniel Day Lewis's acting skills and his love towards the craft of it. My Left Foot: The Story Of Chris Brown is a writhing response to an imperishable question, not asked by the strangers residing in the society but the loved ones who too are any human than us. See more
Luke W Jun 12, 2018 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. AAN GGWF 1001 See more
Luke W May 31, 2018 An inspirational and empathetic story led by a fiercely committed and career-defining performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.
Rey R Apr 29, 2018 A simple and sometimes touching story of hope, with an outstanding performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.
Draco W Feb 11, 2018 worth it purely for Lewis' fantastic performance, one of many along with There Will be Blood, Phantom Thread
Hermione G Jan 27, 2018 My left foot is truly an amazing movie. The performances are all good especially from Daniel Day-Lewis. I am not surprised that he won an oscar for this role. This film tells he true story of a man with a illness that limits him to only have use for his left leg. This person was amazing with what he was able to do and overcome and Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed it brilliantly. this movie is slow but I never got board and I thought the run time was just right. the only times the film got a little more slow for me was when the would cut back to what was happening in the present. But that is a minor problem. My left foot is a great film. 9.4/10 See more
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Synopsis No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), 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 (Brenda Fricker) -- and no shortage of grit and determination -- Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Director
Jim Sheridan
Producer
Noel Pearson
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Granada Television
Rating
R
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.5M
Runtime
1h 43m
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