Rory O'Shea Was Here
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Movie Reviews of Rory O'Shea Was Here
Movie Review: Rory O'Shea Was Here
Summary: 5 Stars
This movies centers around Michael Connolly and Rory O'Shea. When we first meet Michael, who suffers from cerebral palsy, which effects his speech and uses an electric wheelchair to get around, he's sitting watching the world go by then into his life comes Rory. Rory suffers from Duchene's muscular dystrophy, which allows him to only move two fingers of his right hand and his head, and we see that Rory is all bad attitude and cheeky wit. He soon turns things around at The Carrigmore Home for the Disabled much to the dismay of the head of the home, Eileen. He blares his music in the middle of the night, he is rude to Eileen and Annie, the head nurse, and drives Michael crazy by showing up and bugging him. It is during a therapy session that Michael learns that Rory can understand everthing that he says and this starts a friendship that neither of them expected. Rory starts showing Michael there is more to life then sitting in front of a window watching the world go by. (This is shown by them going off on their own to a pub, nearly getting into a bar fight, meeting Siobhan for the first time and getting into a night club by using wit and cunning.) You also see there is a difference in their family life. Rory's father, a middle class man, is loving, caring and is very concern about his son where Michael's father, who is a high class lawyer, and Michael's hero, has never come to see him and has just abandoned him. Seeing that Rory has been turned down three times to get housing, Michael decides to apply and turns down speech aides in place of having Rory come to live with him as his interpreter. They get their way and have trouble finding the right place. They turn to the one person Rory thinks will help them. Michael's father. They get housing and hire Siobhan to help them. A friendship blooms between the three of them and Michael falls in love for the first time. Rory also falls in love but things turn bad when they find out that Siobhan doesn't love either of them. Michael and Rory's friendship nearly ends but Rory convinces Michael not to give up and it takes a crisis to put their friendship back together.
This film was very well done and James McAvoy and Steven Robertson did an excellent job.
Movie Review: The High Water Mark for Films About the Disabled
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was a gift, a real sleeper I'd never heard of until my folks recommended it out of the blue. It's about the slow-building, ultimately intense friendship between two handicapped young men, and their pursuit of independence and love. There was nothing maudlin or corny about the film, despite tremendous potential for there to have been needless sentimentality. Nothing relied on artificial or clichéd devices; even the by-now familiar love triangle didn't develop or resolve predictably.
The characters were real and complex, and there was nothing patronizing or preachy in the depiction of their disabilities; viewers are free to dislike the sharp-tongued Rory at times, for instance, in spite of sympathizing with his struggles with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. And Michael can be pitied more for his falling too hard for female love interest Siobahn than for his cerebral palsy. The acting was superb. James McEvoy's performance in the title role was far superior to his job in Last King of Scotland, and Steven Robertson in particular gave the best portrayal of a handicapped individual that I've seen since Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot.
Some laugh out loud moments in the film came as a surprise: watch for scene when the voice-activated lighting is demonstrated to the lads. Fantastic. There should be more films about the disabled like this.
Movie Review: good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is difficult to categorize. It is is happy, sad, funny, etc. so it is hard to know where to start and what to write about. Ultimately I think it is about growth and triumph. The story is about two young men.
These two young men, Michael and Rory, happen to be disabled. Michael has been institutionalized from birth, and except for financial support, he has no dealings with his family. He is an innocent who knows nothing of the world. Rory arrives at the home early in the movie. He is from a poor family, but has a dad who cares. Rory is not quite so innocent. :-)Michael is meek & Rory is full of attitude.
Rory is a free spirit who is trapped in an immobile body. When he arrives at the facility Michael knows Rory will be 'trouble'. Michael soon discovers Rory can understand his speech (which is illegible to most), and the two become friends. They complement & need each other. Most of the movie follows them as they try to live on their own away from the institution & all the joys and sadness which come with that experience.
The movie is fairly upbeat, until the end the movie. There is sadness and tragedy in the movie, too. But ultimately the movie is about growth & triumph.
Very good performances by the 3 lead characters in this movie.
Movie Review: Top Notch!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm sure all of the other reviews sum up what the movie is about, and extremely well at that. I only had to read one in order to buy the movie, and now I have to add my own 5 stars to the list. I work in a long term care facility, and the movie shows how easy it is for people to become attached to others, especially when they are the one depending on others to help them with the normal activities of daily living. Although it is hard to show what it is truly like to be handicapped in some way (and have it be believable), in such a short span of time, this movie does an excellent job of it.
I wish I could say this is a movie for the whole family, but due to the language, it unfortunately isn't. As far as I can see, Rory's favorite word is really the only reason it wouldn't be suitable for children, but even though it is used quite often, it isn't without warrant. The expletives help paint a better picture of how frustrating it is to be 'different' than most other people and wish you could be 'normal' and able to take care of yourself. Believe me, watching your language is the least of your worries when you need to be waited on hand and foot due to no fault of your own, and you can't always count on someone being there when you need them most.
Movie Review: Very funny movie turns sad.
Summary: 5 Stars
C'mon people, let's topout the star rating on this one. This little gem needs many more reviews, my wife and I could not believe how excellent this movie turned out to be. The emotions will swing...from what starts out to be a very humorous movie to a heartwrenching ending. Personally, we love sarcasm and Rory delivers some one liners that had us pausing the DVD so we could stop laughing....it's that funny. Some will think Rory is just a punk in a wheelchair, other viewers will think that he feels the world did him wrong. It may be both, but Rory's idea of living life isn't the same as how a wheelchair fated person is 'supposed' to live it. He simply wants the most that he can out of life...is that really any different than how any of us feel?
Neither of the main actors were familiar to us so until this morning I did not realize that these two were not disabled at all, unbelievable performances! Three-quarters of the way through, we actually found ourselves beginning to understand what Steven's character was saying...without the interpreter.
*****Very Highly Recommended*****