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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 6, 2020 8/10

The story is consistently eye-opening, moving, and utterly engaging.

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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.

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Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2020

It is a spellbinding journey.

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David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor Jun 12, 2020

It's Day-Lewis who lights up the screen most brilliantly.

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Bruce C. Steele OutWeek May 19, 2020

[Jim Sheridan's] inconspicuous but affecting direction filters through the well-drawn characters (played by a uniformly brilliant cast).

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Hilary Mantel The Spectator Apr 9, 2019

You may not want to see My Left Foot, fearing that it will be too harrowing and possibly too sentimental. There are times when it is both, but take courage and see it if you can, because it is one of the most remarkable films of the year.

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Andrea Beach Common Sense Media Apr 1, 2015 5/5

Gritty yet uplifting tale of artist with cerebral palsy.

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Jeff Beck Examiner.com Jan 12, 2015 3/5

Despite fine performances from Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot is a middling biopic that takes a rather superficial look at the extraordinary life of Christy Brown, never daring to go deeper into what made him tick.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Aug 15, 2011 3/4

A fairly generic biopic with an amazing turn by Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 26, 2009 A

Deviating from the standard Hollywood biopic, Sheridan's chronicle told with candor, realism, and humor the story of paraplegic writer-artist Christy Brown, embodied in a tour-de-force Oscar-winning performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009

All performances are on the mark in this perfect little film.

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Angie Errigo Empire Magazine Mar 10, 2008 4/5

[The film] leaves one with an overwhelming sense of the miraculousness of life and of this man's spirit.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Mar 10, 2008

For all his character's travails the film as a whole winds up surprisingly upbeat.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Feb 2, 2008

Nothing can detract from the power of this film, especially Daniel Day-Lewis' astonishing performance as Christy Brown.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Oct 21, 2007 4/5

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