I Swear

Bizarre how little attention this is getting, watched it tonight and it was one of the best movies I've watched in a long time.

A real mix of hilarity, despair and hope. Packed an emotional punch. The acting was top class and so many laugh out loud scenes in the cinema.

Quality soundtrack to top it off!

this is a great movie and I was balling by the end.

Oh yeah, this is one everyone should try to see. A beautifully comic, heartbreaking, frustrating, cringe, optimistic, heartwarming movie - sends you through all emotions throughout its 2hr runtime. The performances from the 3 main actors are pitch perfect.

Perfectly balancing the sensitivity required with the 'warts and all' presentation makes this not just brilliant movie but one of the most worthwhile movies, a real diamond in the rough given this years movie output. Provides a great understanding of the condition and where the real issue lies.

That scene in the car. Funniest scene I have watched in decades! I know I shouldn't laugh but………..

And that soundtrack. Absolute f'n w*nk!

Film of the year for me too

Really enjoyed this, some wonderful moments in it and in particular, the trip to Nottingham University, the walk through the library.
Absolutely beautiful shorthand for what the future could hold for him.
Neuromodulation and the benefits it can bring are amazing.
I have a Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant for neuropathic pain control and while it's very early days for me.
It has made a massive difference to my own quality of life.
Seeing that it has benefits for other conditions is incredible.

One question remains for me though...
What happened Rosie, she's become my new Seymour (IYKYK)😉
Seeing her scratching at Tommy's door was heartbreaking.

Big shame on the BBC for not editing it out (it wasn't live) and leading to both sides I'm sure feeling utterly humiliated. Davidson's getting all sorts of accusations thrown his way now, from high profile celebs like Jamie Foxx too (who himself is claiming "Tourette's doesn't make you say that.")

Baffled at the responses to this I've seen all essentially amounting to "Tourette's isn't an excuse for blurting out offensive words."

It's basically one of those scenarios where the complexity of the situation is lost. I feel incredibly bad for Jordan and Lindo but equally given the context, it was involuntary and it seems to have been incredibly upsetting for Davidson as well. I'd suspect after the shock of it, they were much so understand it.

The pile on attitude against Davidson of some is just sort of not attempting to understand what occurred. I've seen some people say that he should be put in a separate room at events or even not allowed to attend. That's a pretty depressing viewpoint.

Main hope is that it dies down as a story pretty quickly.

There are many disabilities and conditions that are a daily reality for the sufferers and, if we are honest, we would rather not see them as it makes us feel uncomfortable, privileged at being able to live a normal life while, for some, everything is a challenge.

Ordinarily those who would use the N word in that way do so to cause offence. The word itself isn't offensive, it's just a sound. It's the evil intent when it is ordinarily used. It's clear that John Davidson didn't have that intent.

The BBC might have edited it out and faced criticism for suggesting John's condition is so awful that we should hide it from the public. It's hard to say one way or the other what the best course of action was.

He doesn't have tourettes, he's Scottish. 😀

Only kidding. Great movie. Funniest part was he had a bag of sugar and started shouting to 2 cops that it was crack cocaine. 😀

I see Jamie Fox and Wendell Pierce still moaning about the BAFTA thing. They need to take it for what it was, involunatary tics and not be so precious about it.