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2025
2 HR, 1 min
APR 24 → APR 30

Details

Released 2025, United Kingdom

Drama, History

2 hours, 1 minute

Sony Classics

English

Starring

Robert Aramayo
Maxine Peake
Shirley Henderson
Peter Mullan
Scott Ellis Watson

Director

Kirk Jones

Kirk Jones’ emotionally engaging, funny and compelling film charts John Davidson’s Tourette’s diagnosis at the age of 14 years old. Set within 1980s Britain, the story follows him throughout his troubled teens and early adulthood, and explores this little known and entirely misunderstood condition, along with his attempts to live a ‘normal’ life against the odds.

Film Stills

Full Cast

Robert Aramayo John Davidson

Maxine Peake Dottie Achenbach

Shirley Henderson Heather Davidson

Peter Mullan Tommy Trotter

Scott Ellis Watson Young John Davidson

Additional Credits

Kirk Jones Director

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Reviews

“Empathetic, funny and myth-busting, it gives you permission to laugh at the situation while feeling only compassion for the man.”

Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

“Just lovely. Tourette syndrome has not been afforded its cinematic dues, but what an affable, funny character to explore it with in John Davidson — and what a performance from Robert Aramayo.”

John Nugent

Empire Magazine

“Aramayo’s sensitive portrayal of the man and Jones’ unflinching dedication to showing some of Davidson’s most painful moments, the ones that pushed him into action, add up to an insightful biopic that chronicles a very worthy subject.”

Kate Erbland

IndieWire