What Day-Lewis achieves, therefore, is even more admirable. Acting is difficult at the best of times, when you're playing a fully-functioning human being. And rightly so: he is absolutely fantastic as Christy Brown.
Day-Lewis had already proved his acting chops in the excellent 'My Beautiful Laundrette, but it was this movie that put him on the map globally. However, when talking about 'My Left Foot', there is one thing that stands out above everything else that being Daniel Day-Lewis.
All of these things are worthy of mention. I could probably also talk about the role of women in Christy's life, from his mother and sisters, to the loves in his life. I could talk about how the film does a good job of showing how the attitudes towards Christy Brown changed as Ireland's own political landscape changed. I could spend this review talking about the film's excellent portrayal of working class Ireland, and the working class Irish family specifically. Using his left foot, the only part of his body he had proper control over, the young man learned to write and paint. Growing up in a life full of poverty and extreme prejudice, Christy defied everyone's expectations. 'My Left Foot' is the remarkable story of Christy Brown, born into a working-class Irish family with cerebral palsy.
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