Release Year: 2005 Rating: R Duration: 104 minutes Other Title: Inside I'm Dancing Director: Damien O'Donnell Producer: James Flynn, Jaunita Wilson, Catherine Tiernan Distributor: Focus Features
synopsis
Michael is a twenty four year old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in. Michael is stunned to discover that fast talking Rory, who can move only his right hand, can understand his almost unintelligible speech. Rory's dynamic and rebellious nature soon sparks a flame in Michael, introducing him to a whole new world outside of Carrigmore.transforming Michael's life. Michael is stunned to discover that the fast talking Rory can understand his almost unintelligible speech. Rory has a dynamic and rebellious nature that soon sparks a flame in Michael, introducing him to a whole new world outside of Carrigmore
cast
Steven Robertson as Michael Connolly
quote
[to the other patients in the home, who view his effervescent introduction of himself with apathy or disapproval]
Rory: Is it *always* this much fun? Or is today someone's birthday?
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" meets "The Sea Inside" in Damien O'Donnell's heartfelt comedy-drama written by Jeffrey Caine about a pair of 21-year-olds afflicted with serious disabilities who bond in a home for assisted living and opt to leave to make it on their own. This movie may not have the rambunctious spirits of Milos Forman's classic work that featured Jack Nicholson as the feisty misfit that shook up an asylum for the insane, nor does it evoke the lyricism of the Alejandro Amenabar award-winning film about a quadriplegic's 30-year fight for the right to die. But that's OK. O'Donnell's feature is a smaller work which, while embracing universal truths, has a greater sense of locale, with Peter J. Robertson's camera giving us a broad perspective on Dublin, particularly on the pumped-up scene that allow Irish youth to release their considerable energies.
