michael ( play by steven robertson ) have cerebal palsy and and live a quiet and and dull and life in carrigmore residential home . when a newcomer to the home and rory ( mcavoy ) and befriend him and he proceed to show michael how to live past the disability . despite and or maybe because of and rory crippling disability ( unable to move all but his head and a few digit on his hand ) and rory be fiercely independent and and extremely rebellious . his affect upon the quiet and reserve michael be spectacular and and the two soon leave the care home to set up life in the outside world and where they recruit the help of siobhan ( romola garai ) a a care assistant . this film be one of the gem of the year . much like last year in america and the film go from be extremely funny and to distress and touch and upsetting and and truly move without once seem saccharine sweet . know exactly where to tug at the heartstrings and and where to simply let the story and and character and do their thing and odonnell have craft a wonderful film which tell u all to look past the surface and and see what lie within . the true strength of the film come in the lead actor . so convince be their character that you truly do believe that they be disabled . to further manage to convey humor and sorrow on top of the already great performance be amaze . the pair really seem close friend and and a their tale unfolds you care completely for them . this be definitely one of the fine example of film this year and tell a very relevant story in a simple way . if this film fail to touch your heart and then you must contain pure ice inside .