My Left Foot

Name: My Left Foot
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: November 10, 1989
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 97
Cast: Brenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis

1989

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Miramax | Release Date: November 10, 1989 | R

Starring: Brenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis

Summary: True story of cerebral palsied Christy Brown, who overcame his illness and poverty to become an accomplished artist, poet and writer.

Director: Jim Sheridan

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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100

Joe Pollack

As good as the story is, and as brilliant as director Jim Sheridan is in his first feature, it is Daniel Day-Lewis who is transcendent as Brown. [2 Feb 1990, p.3F]

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Daniel Day Lewis, Hugh O’Conor and director Jim Sheridan made damned sure that whatever Hollywood thought, whatever “rewarding a stunt performance ” rationale might enter in filmdom’s collective mind about this bit of work, their combined efforts would be never less than a wholly realized human being. Read full review

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Gene Siskel

My Left Foot celebrates the nurturing, healing power of the family unit while avoiding every cliche about the disabled. [2 Feb 1990, p.C]

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A rich cinematic experience, this uplifting British production will leave you in awe of the extraordinary Christy Brown. Read full review

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Peter Travers

Throughout his life, Brown refused to give in to public convention or his own despair; he wouldn't play the victim. Brown labored to express all of his feelings, not just the acceptable ones. Day Lewis works the same way. My Left Foot, a keen match of actor and subject, stands as an eloquent tribute to the talents of both. Read full review

Vincent Canby

An intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation. Read full review

Bill Cosford

The direction, by Jim Sheridan, is tough-edged. [27 Oct 1989, p.G7]

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Gamzguy17

Aug 21, 2021

This is an eye-opening bio of an amazing artist, cruelly entrapped by the outcome of nature's genetic dice, break past any bars placed on him in early life and flourished into an astonishing intellect with a knack to paint, write, critique, and delve into deep conversation.  Praise aside,This is an eye-opening bio of an amazing artist, cruelly entrapped by the outcome of nature's genetic dice, break past any bars placed on him in early life and flourished into an astonishing intellect with a knack to paint, write, critique, and delve into deep conversation.  Praise aside, the film makes sure to deliver the appropriate amount of lows that have hit this man's life, giving us a-plenty to sympathize with and empathize with what any of us could have accomplished if given the same circumstances as him. How did he go about doing all this? The film's title is a clear giveaway.… Expand