My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
(1989)
Starring: Daniel Day Lewis
My Left Foot is none other than an inspirational story of epic proportion. Daniel Day Lewis plays the true-life role of Christy Brown, a talented man trapped in a body that is crippled with Cerebral Palsy. The narrative of this story is moving in its unassuming nature; It does not seek to put Christy Brown on a platform for his disability, but to enlighten the audience to the many obstacles that he overcame to seek a "normal" existence, that was anything but. Much of the subject matter of this film is very gritty and realistic, bordering on painful to watch. At many points in this film i remember clenching my hands and gritting my teeth as you watched Christy labor to do something as simple as writing "mother" on the floor in chalk. I would suggest watching this film alone, because it more deeply permeates your mind in it's journey of this man and his devoted family. My Left Foot should be praised for it's refusal to glorify the ugly parts of Christy Browns character, it portrayed him just as he was, a man living life.
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