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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 14, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Focus Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steven Robertson & James McAvoy | |
Performer: | Romola Garai, Brenda Fricker, James Flynn, Gerard McSorley & Tom Hickey | |
Directed by | Damien O'Donnell | |
Screenwriting by | Jeffrey Caine | |
Composition by | David Julyan | |
Produced by | James Flynn | |
Director of Photography: | Peter Robertson | |
Executive Production by | Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner |
Entertainment Reviews:
James McAvoy demonstrates movie-star charisma...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Rating: 2/4 --
The script, despite doses of irreverent humour, feels manipulative...
Globe and Mail
Director Damien O'Donnell has achieved a warm and uplifting movie which is marred only by a brief drift into melodrama in the middle.
Full Review
Film Journal International
Rating: 3/4 --
It addresses the essential human need for dignity, for freedom, for mastery over one's life.
Philadelphia Inquirer
[T]he triumph of the human spirit comes with a small bitter chaser....The young heroes of this small, emotionally satisfying movie are not after our pity.
New York Times
This is a lovely, moving tale of a powerful friendship...
USA Today
Rating: 3/4 --
Funny and moving, and more entertaining than some of the movies you are considering this weekend.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Rory O'Shea (James McAvoy) is a fledgling adult who enthusiastically embodies youthful rebellion: he has spiked blond hair, a Che Guevara poster on his bedroom wall, and a propensity for loud music. But what makes Rory stand out from the crowd is his status as a wheelchair-bound muscular dystrophy patient who resides at the Carrigmore Home for the Disabled in Ireland. Rory attracts nervous looks from fellow residents and nurses, but makes a friend in cerebral palsy sufferer Michael Connolly (Steven Robertson), who is delighted when Rory understands the way he articulates himself despite a serious speech impediment. With Michael excited by this breakthrough, the duo decide to move out of Carrigmore and into their own apartment. Michael's errant father deserted him at a young age, so Rory and Michael track him down, lay a guilt trip on him, and tap him for necessary funds. After securing the cash, Rory realizes the confines of their wheelchairs will make certain tasks difficult, but a chance encounter at the local pub with a fun-loving girl named Siobhán (Romola Garai) sees her enlisted as their home help. The trio embark on some wonderfully happy times together, only tainted by Rory's unpredictable behavior, which is a perpetual thorn in the side of anyone he encounters.
Director Damien O'Donnell (EAST IS EAST) delicately seesaws between laughter and drama throughout RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE, leading to a funny, sad, and informative movie. McAvoy and Robertson--both able-bodied actors--give remarkable performances as the two disabled leads, while the lack of condescension and genuine pathos displayed by Romola Garai's character offers some pertinent tips on how to cope with similarly afflicted people in the real world.
Director Damien O'Donnell (EAST IS EAST) delicately seesaws between laughter and drama throughout RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE, leading to a funny, sad, and informative movie. McAvoy and Robertson--both able-bodied actors--give remarkable performances as the two disabled leads, while the lack of condescension and genuine pathos displayed by Romola Garai's character offers some pertinent tips on how to cope with similarly afflicted people in the real world.