Rory O'Shea Was Here

Name: Rory O'Shea Was Here
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 4, 2005
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 59
Cast: James McAvoy, Romola Garai

2005

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Focus Features | Release Date: February 4, 2005 | R

Starring: James McAvoy, Romola Garai

Summary: An extraordinary story of determination that fuses highly emotional drama with bracingly boisterous humor. Inspired by the experiences of real people, the film follows two young men with physical disabilities as they band together and seize an opportunity to savor life on their own terms. (Focus Features)

Director: Damien O'Donnell

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Claudia Puig

Buddy movies are a Hollywood staple, but Rory O'Shea Was Here puts a new and profoundly affecting spin on the tired genre. Read full review

Steven Rea

It addresses the essential human need for dignity, for freedom, for mastery over one's life. Read full review

Ruthe Stein

Sweet and deeply moving. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

It wants to humanize the plight of the disabled, but it undermines its worthy aims by presenting its leads as martyrs and saints. Read full review

Daniel Wible

A harmless little charmer with a uniformly fine cast, played by the numbers for full tear-jerking effect. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Perhaps a better moniker would have been "One Flew Over My Left Foot." Read full review

Liam Lacey

The script, despite doses of irreverent humour, feels manipulative, and the music is oblivious to nuance, with a spectacular misuse of Johnny Cash singing "Hurt." Read full review

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KeithW.

Jul 2, 2006

See it-Not pandering-Lovely and honest.

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DianeM.

Jan 6, 2006

Unlike others, I feel that this movie does not pander, but shows the possibilities for independence that people with disabilities can have. The acting is superb, particularly that of the charismatic McAvoy and the ensemble cast really works. I did not feel that I had seen a clone of "My Unlike others, I feel that this movie does not pander, but shows the possibilities for independence that people with disabilities can have. The acting is superb, particularly that of the charismatic McAvoy and the ensemble cast really works. I did not feel that I had seen a clone of "My Left Foot" but another genuine masterpiece that could stand on its own.… Expand

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WilliamC.

Mar 27, 2006

A very human story. In the same genre as Murderball and My Left Foot, where the normal viewer gets to understand a bit about the life and dreams of disabled people. Romola Garai adds sparkle and a glimpse of how each of might react to these courageous men.

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