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Movie Review for My Left Foot
Movie Review for
My Left Foot
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My Left Foot | | |
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11 Reviews total.
Release date: 1989
Run length: 103 mins.
Categories:
Biopic
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Drama
Summary:
Story of Irish writer Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy.
Reviews of My Left Foot
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
My Left Foot is a great film for many reasons, but the most important is that it gives us such a...
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (7/0)
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a startling, dazzling performance.
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John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/0)
...a boisterous, joyous affair, often funny, often brawling, sometimes sad, but always affecting.
By
Peter Canavese
of Groucho Reviews (7/0)
Inspiration is inherent in Brown's story, but Sheridan, co-screenwriter Shane Connaughton, and Le...
By
Diana Saenger
of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (7/0)
This wonderful film, perfect in setting the scene of the era and locale, could not be a better st...
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
It's easy to imagine what My Left Foot might have looked like in the hands of a lesser director l...
Reviews of My Left Foot
By
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
of Spirituality and Practice (7/0)
A stirring and triumphant biodrama about Christy Brown, who overcame being severely handicapped b...
By
Desson Thomson
of Washington Post (7/0)
Not only does Day-Lewis master the physical aspects of the role, the minute-to-minute struggle of...
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Hal Hinson
of Washington Post (7/0)
Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot must be the most passionately empathetic film about a physical afflic...
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Vincent Canby
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
An intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation of Christy Brown's first book.
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Chris Hicks
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
My Left Foot is remarkable filmmaking by Sheridan and stupendous acting by Day Lewis.
Movie Distributors
Miramax Films Production Companies
Ferndale Productions
Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE)
Granada Film Movie Studios
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