1989 Directed by Jim Sheridan
In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.
Mi pie izquierdo, Моят ляв крак, Meu Pé Esquerdo, My left foot: L'histoire de Christy Brown, Min venstre fod, Minun elämäni, Το αριστερό μου πόδι, Moja Levaja Noga, A bal lábam, Kuf Ragli Ha-Smalit, Il mio piede sinistro, 나의 왼발, Min vänstra fot, Моя ліва нога, My Left Foot
Daniel Day-Lewis now holds the crown for my TWO favorite performances of all-time: first There Will Be Blood and now this? Nothing tops them, in my opinion. He is truly the king.
So tomorrow is my 21st birthday, and to celebrate my sister said she would watch any film with me under one condition: It had to be in English. I scoured my Netflix queue until I found this film, which I'd been meaning to see for quite awhile, if only because of the subject's physical condition. I myself have cerebral palsy, although it isn't nearly to the dramatic extremes that Christy Brown had. Luckily my own impairment was limited to my right side, and with good therapy, some usage of my right hand was restored, although I still awkwardly flail it about from time to time. I can't say I feel all of the pain Christy had to endure in his…
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers an excellent performance in this adaptation of a somewhat invented memoir on Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy who matured to become a writer and an artist despite only having the means to manipulate his left foot. It's co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan and impressively encompasses a sturdy cast as well as being a significant performance in escalating Daniel Day-Lewis to stardom. My Left Foot is a movie which quickly moves away from the expected resentment and hardships of Christy’s life into an unexpectedly entertaining and inspiring commemoration of the remarkableness of existence.
Christy starts to write on the floor with chalk:
M - O -
Fiance: "Aw he is trying to spell mom!"
Me: "Nah you're wrong. He is trying to spell money because my man wants to be rolling in dough."
Christy finishes spelling:
M - O - T - H - E - R
Fiance: "I was right."
Me: "No way! You thought it was mom. Mother is six letter and money is five letters long, I was way closer!"
I would ask if I was right but clearly I am.
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This viewing was for my podcast The Oscar Rewind where we rewatch Oscar nominated films and eventually redo the 1990 ceremony.
Notable for marking the commencement of Daniel Day-Lewis' personal version of method acting, My Left Foot presents the widely acclaimed actor pushing himself to the extreme in what is undoubtedly one of the proudest works of his acting career. And even though the film doesn't have anything else to offer, the performances are strong enough to keep the viewers engaged.
Based on the autobiography of the same name, My Left Foot tells the story of Christy Brown; an Irishman who was born with cerebral palsy but despite his handicap went on to become an artist & writer, all with the help of the only thing he could fully control: his left foot. The film covers his upbringing in a poor family,…
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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is an amazing and inspirational biography. I liked this way more than I thought I would. Daniel Day Lewis was just phenomenal here. He definitely deserved his Oscar for this film. I’m really glad he won. The film was just amazing. It was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be. It really wasn’t slow or bland. It was written well. I’d liked to expand on my thoughts but I can’t at the moment. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a surprisingly heartfelt and incredible film with an even better performance from Daniel Day Lewis.
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"My Left Foot" is one of the few films that accurately showcases disability in an honest way ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "Maudie" being some others). I'm not very familiar with the real life aspect of the story so I'm judging it based on its cinematic merits.
"My Left Foot" is based on an auto-biography by Christy Brown who was born with cerebral palsy and only had use of his left toes, which he used to become a painter and later a writer. The film is mostly told through flashback with Christy growing up with his family in Ireland during a time when disabilities weren't understood all too well and medical progress was nowhere near the standard it…
i'm feeling useless right now 'cause christy brown did more things with his only left foot than i'll do for the rest of my life
"Daniel Day-Lewis is the first actor to win three Oscars in the lead actor category."
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!
Behind his great success, a beautiful parents was always carrying him to the top ♥️
A história de Christy Brown contada em sua autobiografia tornou-se o filme de estréia do diretor irlandês Jim Sheridan. No entanto, a atuação visceral do protagonista encarnado por Daniel Day-Lewis que o transformou num clássico praticamente obrigatório, tanto que lhe rendeu um Oscar.
Christy sofreu complicações no parto, causando a paralisia cerebral que lhe permitiria a movimentação apenas de sua perna esquerda, praticamente. Durante boa parte de sua infância pobre em Dublin, foi vítima de preconceito, inclusive da família, que acreditava que ele apresentava também uma limitação mental. Porém, aos poucos, ele demonstrou sua inteligência e habilidades para pintura e poesia, que puderam ser desenvolvidas graças ao tratamento oferecido gratuitamente por uma médica especialista.
Isso não foi o suficiente, no entanto, para que ele não passasse por diversas situações hoje conhecidas como capacitismo.
Enfim, uma obra importante para percebermos as dificuldades enfrentadas pelas pessoas com deficiência, não só pelos aspectos físicos, sociais como também psicológicos e afetivos.
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I lay back in my chair while my own left foot beat time to a new rhythm. Now I could relax and enjoy myself completely. I was at peace. Happy.
so much heart, this film.
A heartbreaking and compelling story of Christy Brown featuring a masterful and dedicated performance by Daniel-Day Lewis in the title role.
Miserable movie but very good. I wish I could make good use of both my hands as he uses his left foot. The guy is so artistically talented .
Day Lewis is incredible as always and totally makes the film! The pacing is a little weird but overall a great film
I hardly ever think about this film as part of the Daniel Day Lewis oeuvre and had not seen it since it was released, but I enjoyed the revisit. Obviously the physicality of his performance is striking, but I very much appreciated the film’s insistence on portraying Christy Brown as something of a dick
Excellent performance by Daniel Day-Lewis and this movie made me feel extremely uncomfortable, as if we were experiencing cerebral palsy first-hand. Being trapped within your own body - what a terrible fate.
But the film itself isn't as good as the performances.
Se suele decir que un papel de un discapacitado ofrece a un actor una espléndida oportunidad de desarrollar sus recursos interpretativos. Si bien, es un arma de doble filo, ya que en muchos casos la sobreactuación o la mala elección del actor echa por tierra la teoría, pero este no es el caso. Daniel Day-Lewis está asombrosamente creíble en el papel de un paralítico cerebral (Oscar incluído), que decide que para el su enfermedad simplemente será un pequeño obstáculo en su devenir, y luchará con todas sus fuerzas para conseguir una vida digna, que colme sus aspiraciones, lo que incluso implicará salir adelante dentro de una numerosa y pobre familia del Dublín obrero.
Dotado de gran emotividad y arraigo social, el film presentó a todo Hollywood, no solo a su joven actor, sino al siempre comprometido director del film: Jim Sheridan.
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