daniel day lewis be the most versatile actor alive . english aristocratic snob in a room with a view and passionate irish thief in in the name of the father and an impudent and violent butcher in gang of new york ( in a performance ten time strong than adrian brody in the pianist ) and a the outrageous cristy brown with cerebral palsy in my left foot ( just to name a few ) . his role all influence eachother and but each be seperate and and utterly unique . he change completely and with each character he take on . and i be begin to believe that he can act a anything . anything . a cristy brown he be stun . he do not ridicule the character and and he do not pity the character . a difficult achievement . and cristy brown come to life . a smart man . an outrageous man . human . this movie and despite small scene transition fault and the like and be an inspiration . yes and it predictable . but be it stupidly sentimental . no . i laugh . i cry . not a single moment of cheese . proof that this isn not a hollywood movie . my favourite scene be the scene in the restaurant and when cristy be discuss painter with eileen and peter and her friend . here where daniel day lewis reach an acting climax . i will kick you in the only part of your anatomy that animate . wheel out the cripple . and his performance never slow down and never falter and and be beautiful . simply . he have a lot of screen time here . i watch it again again and and i never get tire of cristy perspicacious eye and twitch and guttural speech . a must see . fo sho and yo .