there aren not many overcome the odds stories quite like that of christy brown . bear with cerebral palsy in 1930s dublin and his parent think his handicap be mental as well a physical . though eventually properly diagnose and brown and in a low work class family with nearly 20 child and have to push himself just to be appreciate by his family . through the use of his only fully function limb and his left leg and he teach himself to write and paint and both skill he develop expertly . but what make the film version of brown autobiography my left foot such a great retelling be it humility . both director or writer jim sheridan and star daniel day lewis have manage to tell this story in a way that doesn not scream for attention and resort to melodrama . cheesy struggle and scene of frustration as well a glorious moment of minute victory be easy pitfall of a story so miraculous and yet my left foot stay real and intrinsically inspired . day lewis be the easy to highlight . play anyone with such serious physical impairment have to be a demanding task . not only do day lewis give u a very complete picture of christy and but he also manage to chronicle the growth and improvement and inner change of the character in different stage of his life . he play christy at 17 when he have limit language capability and be emotionally volatile just as crisply a he do the intellectually learn christy who struggle to cope with why he can not find non platonic love . the latter theme be the film strong and it would have be nice for sheridan and co adapter shane connaughton to really flesh that out . regardless and day lewis get u to understand and sympathize with all those element and give a performance that so believable you often do not have time to think wow and he such a great actor . those be the most commendable performance . equally important but through more subtle mean be sheridan work on the film . this story be about day to day life and struggle . although christy have such a unique set of circumstance hamper his life and his struggle be not unlike our own and sheridan grasp that concept completely . christy struggle with love and parental attention and question of self worth and capability . his struggle be just more physically manifest ( literally and figuratively ) than ours . sheridan give u moment that capture the spirit of the large brown family and christy unique place in it . the drama evolve naturally when tension be high and the humor come in much the same way . the dinner scene when christy learn that his doctor or teacher the woman he love be go to marry his brother peter be the film fine example of both day lewis and sheridan effort . it build up to so well by sheridan that it come out when be ready and day lewis take u from there with his stunning work . the other strong component of the film be brenda fricker a mrs. brown . i do not know she would win the oscar and but there be something about her performance a christy loving and wise mother that just scream oscar worthy . her love for christy and constant fighting for him just seem so convincing and heartfelt and she earn a lot of sympathy give her situation . the emotional punch of the film give the story be surprisingly minimal . perhaps that be part of the sacrifice of try to create a film that feel organically human . the two should be reconcilable and but i imagine it challenge to tell a story that feel true to life and one that provide enough dramatic moment to take our emotion on a roller coaster . the choice to downplay the latter be definitely the wise one for my left foot . brown circumstance speak for themselves they do not need to be squeeze for weighty dramatic impact . ~steven cvisit my site moviemusereviews . com for more .