My Left Foot (1989)

All Critics (33) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (0) | DVD (21)

All performances are on the mark in this perfect little film.

March 26, 2009 Full Review

Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

For all his character's travails the film as a whole winds up surprisingly upbeat.

March 10, 2008 Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Day Lewis' re-creation of writer/painter Christy Brown's condition is so precise, so detailed and so matter-of-fact that it transcends the carping about casting an actor without cerebral palsy.

June 24, 2006 Full Review

Time Out

Top Critic

An intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation of Christy Brown's first book.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

My Left Foot is a great film for many reasons, but the most important is that it gives us such a complete picture of this man's life.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Not only does Day-Lewis master the physical aspects of the role, the minute-to-minute struggle of almost complete paralysis, he lives the painful genesis of an artistic character.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

A fairly generic biopic with an amazing turn by Daniel Day-Lewis.

August 15, 2011 Full Review

Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Deviating from the standard Hollywood biopic, Sheridan's chronicle told with candor, realism, and humor the story of paraplegic writer-artist Christy Brown, embodied in a tour-de-force Oscar-winning performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.

March 26, 2009 Full Review

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

[The film] leaves one with an overwhelming sense of the miraculousness of life and of this man's spirit.

March 10, 2008 Full Review

Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

Even if all My Left Foot had to offer was Day-Lewis's performance, it'd be a must-see movie.

March 10, 2008 Full Review

Film4

Nothing can detract from the power of this film, especially Daniel Day-Lewis' astonishing performance as Christy Brown.

February 2, 2008 Full Review

Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

Daniel Day-Lewis gives a startling, dazzling performance.

November 11, 2005 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Much of the pricelessness of My Left Foot comes from Daniel Day-Lewis's spot-on portrayal of Brown, the first acting job that made critics and awards voters really take notice of him.

September 3, 2005 Full Review

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

A rich cinematic experience, this uplifting British production will leave you in awe of the extraordinary Christy Brown.

August 31, 2005 Full Review | Comment (1)

TV Guide's Movie Guide

This wonderful film, perfect in setting the scene of the era and locale, could not be a better story of hope and inspiration.

August 30, 2005 Full Review

Diana Saenger

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

It's easy to imagine what My Left Foot might have looked like in the hands of a lesser director like, say, Ron Howard.

August 18, 2005 Full Review

Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Inspiration is inherent in Brown's story, but Sheridan, co-screenwriter Shane Connaughton, and Lewis refuse to sanctify him.

August 17, 2005

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

...a boisterous, joyous affair, often funny, often brawling, sometimes sad, but always affecting.

August 15, 2005 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

A bit rudimentary in form and style, but full of bracing performances and an admirably light-and-dark tone.

July 29, 2004

Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

A stirring and triumphant biodrama about Christy Brown, who overcame being severely handicapped by cerebral palsy.

February 13, 2002 Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

• 1. Christy Brown: Get in that car before I kick your ass
  – Submitted by Brendan C (3 months ago)
• 1. Mary Carr: And you typed all of it with your left foot?
  2. Christy Brown: I didn't do it with me nose.
  – Submitted by Frances H (4 months ago)
• 1. Mrs. Brown: If I could give you my legs, I'd gladly take yours.
  – Submitted by Frances H (4 months ago)
• 1. Christy Brown: I think you're brilliant.
  2. Dr. Eileen Cole: I'm only as brilliant as my patients.
  – Submitted by Frances H (4 months ago)
• 1. Mrs. Brown: A broken body is nothing to a broken heart.
  – Submitted by Frances H (4 months ago)
• 1. Dr. Eileen Cole: With speech therapy, I could teach you how to say "Fuck off" more clearly.
  – Submitted by Frances H (4 months ago)

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