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Inside I'm Dancing

Inside I'm Dancing

Drama · 2004

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

Movie details

Inside I'm Dancing

2004 Drama 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.7 / 10

16.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

49 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

59 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Inside I'm Dancing?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Damien O'Donnell

Written by

Jeffrey Caine · Christian O'Reilly

James McAvoy

James McAvoy

Rory O'Shea

Romola Garai

Romola Garai

Siobhan

Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

Michael Connolly

A

Alan King

Tommy

Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker

Eileen

Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Annie

A

Anna Healy

Alice

Court is in session

Put Inside I'm Dancing on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.