I think people would agree with me on where I stand with him as an actor. Born with cerebral palsy, the story goes from his tough childhood to his even tougher adulthood where he becomes an expert writer and painter despite the fact he only has mobility with his left foot.

Jim Sheridan's film tells the biography of a man named Christy Brown. Cerebral Palsy is something people should know about this and while not a propaganda piece, this film does a good job on giving the audience information about this disorder. But most of all, it spreads awareness about this handicap.

Still, overall an exceptional film-one well worth your time.Īfter watching The Left Foot, I have came to the conclusion that Daniel-Day Lewis the greatest actor alive and perhaps the greatest actor ever! But for the film itself, it's a powerful film that's well directed, well-acted, masterfully written, and provokes a good amount of emotion.

I really don't think the film needed the happy ending and knocked a point off for this. However, this was NOT at all true-and his final years were quite pathetic-filled with alcoholism and an an early death. In this Hollywood-like ending, Brown apparently has a very happy final years. As I watched this biopic about the Irish author/painter Christy Brown, I couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed that the ending painted a completely false picture of the man's final years. On the other hand, once again, the history teacher in me strikes again. Yet, Hugh O'Conor was every bit as wonderful as Day-Lewis. And, I especially appreciated it because too often child actors are, to put it bluntly, terrible. While Daniel Day-Lewis received the Oscar for his great and very realistic portrayal of Brown, I am not sure why the child who played Brown as a child didn't get some sort of recognition-as he was great also. When you watch the film, you will marvel at the acting. The story follows Christy from his birth until has later years when he eventually gained fame for his art as well as his autobiography, 'My Left Foot'-named that because it was his only usable limb.

However, despite his severe cerebral palsy, his parents brought him home and raised him despite the odds-a real oddity for that period of time. When he was born in 1932, doctors recommended to his parents that Christy be placed in a home for the disabled-in other words, a 'warehouse' where he would have been dumped. This film is about the life of Christy Brown-a man who, despite being almost completely disabled, was able to make something of himself and prove that every life is of value.

Christy my left foot