Description
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS the autobiography of Christy Brown who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Browns life starting with a childhood in which his debilitating cerebral palsy causes everyone but his mother to believe he is brain-damaged. Brown begins to shatter this perception by using his left foot and a piece of chalk to scrawl a one-word message on the floor to his mother.BRThough Browns subsequent growth into an artist of great profundity is nothing short of miraculous he is never presented in the film as anything more nor less than human. Director Jim Sheridan contributes to a fully three-dimensional portrait of the artist by showing such things as Brown playing soccer with his brothers experiencing the sting of unrequited love and battling alcoholism. Day-Lewis in an Academy Award-winning performance brilliantly captures the wicked genius of Browns mind as he observes the tone and timbre of his local Ireland with courage and determination. His physical characterization of Browns condition portrayed with remarkably little sentimentality is absolutely astounding. A first-rate ensemble cast includes Hugh OConnor as young Christy and Brenda Fricker (who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar) and Ray McAnally as his devoted parents.
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