daniel daylewis remarkable job playing christy brown artist grew cerebral palsy managed productive life dealing successfully handicap becoming respected artist writerbr br the film however difficult one reviewor even watch fortunately caption feature catch every spoken word would impossible saw film theater respect brave piece work dealing difficult subject matter cant say sort film id want view oncebr br nevertheless attention held storytelling device flashback framed present see christy honored achievements see flashback youth struggles communicate around him certainly gave loving carebr br daniel daylewis certainly remarkable troubled man falls love therapist fiona shaw much mothers fear love reciprocated heart broken theres painfully long scene restaurant confesses love others goes frenzied rage drinking muchbr br brenda fricker brilliant job mother taking care him father brood siblings struggling keep roof heads daylewis begins success work complements daylewis performance warmhearted mother shares many poignant moments himbr br richly detailed story family stayed together unusual circumstances attention period detail every frame film fricker daylewis oscars hugh oconor ray mcanally also excellent oconor christy boy mcanally father spends much time local pub loves boybr br summing up elmer bernsteins music added plus factor well worthwhile definitely film everyone