Rory O'Shea
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Also known as Inside I'm Dancing
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In Damien O'Donnell's painfully funny new film Inside I'm Dancing, two severely disabled young men escape institutional life and set up home together with the help of a curvaceous but totally inexperienced blonde carer. On screen: Steven Robertson as Michael, Romola Garai as Siobhan, James McAvoy as Rory
They see her stacking shelves at their local supermarket and, in a pincer movement down the aisles, mount a wheelchair ambush to persuade her to work for them. So far, so improbable.
Both the men – the anarchic Rory, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and his more placid friend, Michael, with cerebral palsy – inhabit wasted bodies and rely on Siobhan for every physical need. In time, they fall in love with her and Michael, though barely articulate, naively makes his feelings known.[1]
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Rory O'Shea Was Here (Inside I'm Dancing) is a marvelous lead showcase for the talented James McAvoy who up to now has been a cocky secondary character in movies such as Wimbledon and memorable television such as State of Play. But there his bad boy brashness is supported by a whirlwind of movement and sensuality whereas here all he can use in portraying a spark plug with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is his voice and expressions. His "Rory" takes hold of a condescending home for "special people" the way Jack Nicholson shook up the mental ward in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He is a rebel with a cause -- freedom. Steven Robertson as the pal he dynamites out of perhaps too simple complacency is achingly convincing as a young man with cerebral palsy who gradually learns he has a potential to fulfill, emotionally and intellectually. The film is particularly good at creating very individual characters with specific family and class situations, as well as making good use of the Dublin environment. While there are some cliches along the way, as well as a few overly convenient plot points, the film with humor, liveliness and poignancy (and a cool soundtrack) sticks our face in large issues about the helping bureaucracy, the need to individuate independent living opportunities, with particular attention to age differences, and our attitudes about the physically disabled. (2/8/2005) That The Wall Street Journal reviewer had to check the IMDb to see if McAvoy was really disabled confirmed to me that movie reviewers don't watch quality TV. But then TV reviewers don't seem to go to the movies either. [2]
