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Inside I'm Dancing

  • 2004
  • R
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Romola Garai, James McAvoy, and Steven Robertson in Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.
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When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man w... Read allWhen the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, an... Read allWhen the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.

  • Director
    • Damien O'Donnell
  • Writers
    • Jeffrey Caine
    • Christian O'Reilly
  • Stars
    • James McAvoy
    • Steven Robertson
    • Romola Garai
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    16K
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    • Director
      • Damien O'Donnell
    • Writers
      • Jeffrey Caine
      • Christian O'Reilly
    • Stars
      • James McAvoy
      • Steven Robertson
      • Romola Garai
    • 93User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 8 nominations total

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    • Rory O'Shea
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    • Michael Connolly
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    christine-carter

    An amazing must-see!

    I went along to see this film expecting a run-of-the-mill drama. Instead, I was bowled over by the emotion and the depth of the story and the characters involved. It has made me think a lot more about the problems that disabled people face in everyday life and how the stuff that I worry about is rather insignificant in comparison.

    I can't remember the last film I saw that took me through pretty much every emotion possible the way that this one did - I felt happiness, sadness, joy, anger, irritability, sorrow, optimism and many other emotions during the course of the film. I could really feel for Rory and Michael and their optimism to make the best out of life should be such an inspiration to everyone.

    To summarise, you must go and see this film - it's fantastic and I can't recommend it highly enough.
    10wheelsofterror

    On the outside, we can't do much but on the inside, we're dancing!

    This movie felt so real. I actually felt all of the emotions portrayed here during my life at various times - that of both Rory and Michael. I have Duchene's Muscular Dystrophy like Rory so what you see here is exactly what I've actually felt myself. Some won't believe there ARE disabled people like Rory, full of anger and rebellion. I know they exist because I'm one of them.

    The story is great. For a drama, character-driven movie, the story moves fast. I was never bored, maybe partly because I was seeing stuff that is close to my heart. But I think most people, with intelligence, will be glued to the screen and care about the characters. The acting is phenomenal! James McAvoy is perfect as Rory O'Shea, who has Duchene's muscular dystrophy. He Steven Robertson deserves an award for his portrayal as Michael Connolly, who has cerebral palsy.

    Michael's love isn't returned by a girl and Rory helps him come to terms with it. I've felt this many times and the question is "doesn't she love me because I'm just not the one or because my disability turned her off?" No matter what the girl says, we will always be skeptical as to the truth. It's just natural and it hurts either way.

    A few parts made me cry a little because it is sad and I have to face the issues myself. People without a terminal disability just cannot begin to fathom how it can feel. This is a must-see film for everyone. Disabled people are everywhere and greatly misunderstood. This film brings a little light on some of the facts of life, which are so taken for granted by the able-bodied. We want to be just like you - to live on our own terms, to go out, to get drunk, to be loved. On the outside, we can't do much but on the inside, we're dancing!
    8claudio_carvalho

    A Wonderful Tale of Friendship and Freedom

    In Dublin, the crippled rebel Rory O'Shea (James McAvoy) moves to the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. Roy is able to understand the unintelligible speech of Michael Connolly (Steven Robertson), who was left in the shelter by his prominent father many years ago due to his cerebral palsy, and they become close friends. Rory convinces Michael to move from Carrigmore to an apartment in Dublin, and they hire the gorgeous Siobhan (Romola Garai) to assist them. Living together with Rory, Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own.

    "Inside I'm Dancing" is a wonderful tale of friendship and freedom in a very beautiful story. The acting of Steven Robertson and James McAvoy are awesome and I do not understand how they have not been nominated to the Oscar with such magnificent performances. Romola Garai has also a top-notch performance and is extremely beautiful and sexy. The screenplay is touching, never corny and without redemption and the precise direction of Damien O'Donnell is very sensitive. Unfortunately the Brazilian title of the DVD is shamefully ridiculous, giving a wrong idea of this excellent movie. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Os Melhores Dias de Nossas Vidas" ("The Best Years of Our Lives")
    10kmscb-1

    F****N' Amazin'

    I just witnessed a movie that by all rights should have been fodder for a second rate MOW on Lifetime...but trust the Irish to keep it from being anything but saccharine. The set-up all but SCREAMS "Here's a message concerning what's TRULY important in life" but the execution was way into the "Let's see just what we can get away with, here."

    It helps to have two fantastic actors in the leads -- James McAvoy (as Rory) and Stephen Robertson (as Michael). While Rory is offered up as the near saintly one -- never mind the language and attitude, he's the "life force" in this piece and could easily have been insufferable in his ultimately "caring" attitude -- McAvoy keeps him sharp enough to keep him from being too sweet. But the revelation is Stephen Robertson as Michael. Not since Leonardo Di Caprio in "...Gilbert Grape" has anyone so perfectly captured a person with an affliction that I began to believe he really was an actor with cerebral palsy. And his eyes...my God, he can rip you apart with them.

    This movie is, to paraphrase Rory, f****n' amazing. Go see it. Take a box of Kleenex and enjoy every well-earned tear...and laugh.
    9shultzl

    Really great little movie!

    I don't usually comment on films since I am in the movie distribution business, but I have to say that this is one of my favorite films of all time. The acting is fantastic and the script is even better. There were no cheesy speeches or exploitation of handicapped people to try and make this movie more "Hollywood". James McAvoy is such an outstanding actor, I could not look away from him if I tried. I was impressed with Steven Robertson as well. I cannot believe this is his first real film. Brenda Fricker plays a small role, but as usual, she is outstanding. This is a movie for everyone to see just how lucky we all are. If you like Awakenings and Mask, you will enjoy this story. You owe it to yourself to check this film out.

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    • Trivia
      Originally, James McAvoy wanted to audition for the part of Michael until he auditioned with Steven Robertson and realized Robertson would be better at the part.
    • Quotes

      [Police have just pulled Rory's car over. They realise he's disabled and are going to put him back in his chair]

      Rory: Aren't you going to arrest me?

      Garda Sergeant: No.

      Rory: That's discrimination! Look, you're only doing that because I'm disabled. It's me civil right to be arrested!

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hide and Seek/Rory O'Shea Was Here/Lackawanna Blues/Bride and Prejudice/Aliens of the Deep (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Frontier Psychiatrist
      Written by Robbie Chater, Dexter Fabay, Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Darren Seltmann, Carl Sigman

      Performed by The Avalanches

      Courtesy of Modular Recordings/XL Recordings Limited

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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2004 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rory O'Shea Was Here
    • Filming locations
      • Dame Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • StudioCanal
      • Working Title Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,844
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,079
      • Feb 6, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,226,577
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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