Title: Hitting a home run when life throws you a big curveball
Product review: Biopic of Dubliner Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and learned to paint and write using his left foot. The movie opens with Brown (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) being honored at a cerebral palsy dinner, and then reverts to flashbacks as his life story unfolds. The film traces his life from childhood - his large family (caring mother, doltish father), kid friends, girls.He then meets a nurse (Fiona Shaw) who helps him greatly and with whom he falls in love. She marries another, however, and he hits the bottle. But at the dinner he meets Mary (Ruth McCabe) and they hit it off. The text of Brown's autobiography has been very well scripted - it contains just the right combination of sentimentality and realism. Never does the movie resort to self-pity, and Brown comes across as one determined, tough cookie. One of the bonus features is a biographical look at the real Christy Brown. Very inspirational and definitely worth a watch.
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