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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

R 7.51989103mDrama
  • 7.8/10IMDb
  • 98%Rotten Tomatoes
  • 92%Audience
  • 97Metacritic
  • 8.3/10MC Users
  • 77%Trakt
  • 3.9/5Letterboxd
  • 4.0/4Roger Ebert
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A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.

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.

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$645K
Box Office
$14.74M

Media

Official Trailer

User Reviews

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf7/10

There's a pretty fine line between mimicry and acting, and acting that's natural and that which has been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life. I think it's very much the natural that Daniel Day-Lewis delivers here, as does Hugh O'Conor as his younger persona, as we learn of the upbringing of a young lad born with very limited movement and learning difficulties, but a mind that's clearly sharp and a face that's expressive. His family, a typically large one, is headed up by his dad (Ray McAnally) who presents us with a variation on the usual theme of father who comes home from work then…

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What is My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown about?

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 h…

Who stars in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown?

The movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan and more.

When was My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown released?

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown was released in 1989 and is streaming free on FlixWow.

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