Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2450 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-04-25
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Synopsis
On meeting Michael, Rory decides that they must change their lives and so concocts a plan to beat the system. Escaping Carrigmore Home for the Disabled, the duo hire Siobhan to take care of their every need. Her arrival, however, brings with it emotions that Rory and Michael have never experienced...

Customer Reviews

Presence
Where did they get a film like this from. It is truly magic. Forget James McAvoy as being the stand out. Steven Robertson gives a performance that in my opinion deserves a BAFTA. I have never seen this actor before. I was rivited by his performacne. Top film.

Funny, original, sad, brilliant
After I crashed my car, my girlfriend thought she would put this on and make me laugh. It did but then I cried for a very long time throughout(the shock from the crash may also have affected me) . I thought the two performances by the central characters were very convincing and it had a good mix of humour, sadness and an interesting enough plot to keep you immersed in the film. Whether it represents factually what goes in real life, is not an issue; that's what documentaries are for. This is superb cinema and an unusual tale in today's mediocrity. If you want to watch something a little different, then get this and enjoy. It should make you appreciate life in the same way that 'My Left Foot' does. Or maybe that was the car crash affecting ma heid.

A great little film, fresh, funny and perceptive.
Inside I'm Dancing is the story of two young men with disabilities, who meet in a nursing home. One, isolated by a speech impairment, has been rejected by his family, because he is not perfect, and has been institutionalised. The other has Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, and has fought to retain his independence despite his progressive disability.

The two men become somewhat unlikely friends and together decide they want to try and secure supported independent living, in the teeth of opposition from almost everyone around them.

If I say that the film is about their anger and frustration, their fears and dreams, then, despite the fact that it would all be true, it would make the film sound more than a little "worthy", which it isn't.

It is lively, warm, funny and honest. None of the characters are entirely likeable, and are all the more real for that.

I have to admit to feeling uncomfortable initially about the fact that non-disabled actors were cast; it did feel odd to me, given that there are so many good disabled actors crying out for work, but I can't fault the central performances, which were insightful and rounded pieces of acting.

Definitely worth a view.