My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Movie • 1989 • Drama
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In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.
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While I agree that the kids are loved, the father does physically threaten his kids and slaps his daughter upon finding out she is pregnant. (Though she may no longer be considered a "child" at that point, her age is not stated.)
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A man slaps his daughter, but it is off screen. You only hear the slap, her shout, and her red cheek.
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Christy often gets drunk when he is upset
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No but Christy keeps making romantic advances after being repeatedly rebuffed
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Christy tries to slit his wrist with a cutthroat razor
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Christy’s breathing is often ragged and audible because of his condition
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Does someone have a seizure?
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A lot of Christy’s spasmodic movements look seizure-like
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Does a kid die?
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It is mentioned that some of Christy’s siblings died in infancy
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Does a parent die?
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The father dies of a stroke
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Christy often drools
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Cerebral palsy patients have physical therapy at a clinic
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Christy attempts suicide
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Christy hits his head against a table in a restaurant after being rejected by his therapist
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The mother falls down the stairs whilst pregnant. I can’t remember whether the baby survives though
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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People assume that Christy is also mentally disabled because of his physical disability
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Christy is called a “cripple” and a “dunce”
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Young boys look at a pornographic magazine and discuss sex
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