Academy Awards, USA 1990
| Won Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Brenda Fricker | |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture Noel Pearson |
| Best Director Jim Sheridan | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Jim Sheridan Shane Connaughton |
Miramax
Directed by Jim Sheridan
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Image Entertainment)
A boy with cerebral palsy is raised in a large Irish family, adored by his doting mother but initially rejected by his hard-drinking father. As a teenager, the boy teaches himself to write, and paint, with his only controllable limb: his left foot. He becomes a successful artist and author and achieves fame in his native country. Daniel Day Lewis gives a remarkable physical performance, apparently he often refused to come out of character during production. While eliciting sympathy, Lewis' character can also be quite unlikable: he is prone to violent, alcohol fueled, outbursts. For some reason, many interior scenes are harshly overlit. Nonetheless, Lewis' performance alone overcomes these shortcomings.
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