I saw this film at the sundance film festival. I was hoping to go see the Jacket but it was sold out so I ended up buying a ticket for this, I am not disappointed.
Rory O'Shea Was Here is a great story about to physically handicapped young men who are trying to live as normal a life as they possibly can. It starts out with an unlikely friendship that begins when Rory is sent to live in the same assisted care facility as Michael Connelly. Rory is immediately trying to bend the rules and annoying the nurses, whereas Michael has never caused trouble in years of being at the facility. Rory an Michael become friends after they discover that Rory is the only one who can understand Michaels inarticulate speech.
They both begin to urge for the freedom of the real world and to become as independent as they possibly can. Not because they are mistreated but because they needed that feeling of independence, and they would rather take the risks of the outside then live in the safe but confining facility.
This is a story of one of the most unlikely but strongest friendships in the history of the cinema. This is the story of two men who have been given a hard life, who stuck by each other through it all, although they did fight, and they did have a different outlook on the world the completed each other. Rory gives Michael a life that he could have never known, a life where he can be free and actually live. Michael gives to Rory the knowledge that there is a deeper meaning to life and that it is a beautiful gift.
This is the best film that I saw at sundance. It is comical when it could be and dramatic when it had to be. A beautiful film.
Rory O'Shea Was Here is a great story about to physically handicapped young men who are trying to live as normal a life as they possibly can. It starts out with an unlikely friendship that begins when Rory is sent to live in the same assisted care facility as Michael Connelly. Rory is immediately trying to bend the rules and annoying the nurses, whereas Michael has never caused trouble in years of being at the facility. Rory an Michael become friends after they discover that Rory is the only one who can understand Michaels inarticulate speech.
They both begin to urge for the freedom of the real world and to become as independent as they possibly can. Not because they are mistreated but because they needed that feeling of independence, and they would rather take the risks of the outside then live in the safe but confining facility.
This is a story of one of the most unlikely but strongest friendships in the history of the cinema. This is the story of two men who have been given a hard life, who stuck by each other through it all, although they did fight, and they did have a different outlook on the world the completed each other. Rory gives Michael a life that he could have never known, a life where he can be free and actually live. Michael gives to Rory the knowledge that there is a deeper meaning to life and that it is a beautiful gift.
This is the best film that I saw at sundance. It is comical when it could be and dramatic when it had to be. A beautiful film.