I Swear

I Swear has got to be the most heart-warming, tender and moving British film that also features its main character swearing at the Queen.

A biopic of John Davidson, a pioneering figure who suffers from Tourette syndrome, this may hit the ‘British feelgood’ film familiars but escalates itself beyond the trappings of the genre.

At once fiercely funny but deeply compassionate and harsh, the realities of growing up and living with John’s condition are writ large on screen.

It’s all too often that you might laugh and immediately get hit by a gut punch of sadness at the same time.

Always being careful to present a rounded tale, this will educate and encourage thinking and feeling from the audience.

There’s an argument it could even be longer, certain threads of the story don’t fully resolve and as we end with the prospect of a slightly better future, the medical advancements aren’t fully explained.

Nonetheless though this is a truly absorbing and endearing slice of Britishness that comes highly recommended.

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