Editing My Left Foot (section)

==Reception==
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===Critical response===
''My Left Foot'' received widespread critical acclaim. {{RT prose|98|8.2|44|No doubt most will come to ''My Left Foot'' for Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, but the movie's refusal to go downbeat will keep it in viewers' minds afterwards.|ref=yes|access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128100813/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_left_foot |url-status=live}} {{Metacritic film prose|97|18|ref=yes|access-date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610201849/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-left-foot |url-status=live}}

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four out of four stars, writing: "''My Left Foot'' is a great film for many reasons, but the most important is that it gives us such a complete picture of this man's life. It is not an inspirational movie, although it inspires. It is not a sympathetic movie, although it inspires sympathy. It is the story of a stubborn, difficult, blessed, and gifted man who was dealt a bad hand, who played it brilliantly, and who left us some good books, some good paintings and the example of his courage. It must not have been easy."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=2 February 1990 |title=My Left Foot movie review & film summary (1990) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/my-left-foot-1990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713163952/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/my-left-foot-1990 |archive-date=13 July 2018 |access-date=13 July 2018 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>

In 2015, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' polled hundreds of academy members, asking them to re-vote on past controversial decisions. Academy members indicated that, given a second chance, they would award the 1990 [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] to ''My Left Foot'' instead of ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2015 |title=Recount! Oscar Voters Today Would Make 'Brokeback Mountain' Best Picture Over 'Crash' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/recount-oscar-voters-today-would-773522/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094645/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/recount-oscar-voters-today-would-773522/ |archive-date=22 January 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of awards and nominations
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5"| [[Academy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 62nd Academy Awards {{!}} 1990 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002952/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=17 October 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="5"| [[62nd Academy Awards|26 March 1990]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Noel Pearson (producer)|Noel Pearson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Jim Sheridan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Brenda Fricker]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| [[Shane Connaughton]] and Jim Sheridan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 1990 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701063539/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/film |archive-date=1 July 2017 |access-date=3 July 2022 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="5"| [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|11 March 1990]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]]
| Daniel Day-Lewis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ray McAnally]] <small>(posthumous)</small>
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Makeup]]
| Ken Jennings
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[European Film Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Film Awards : Archive |url=https://members.europeanfilmacademy.org/Archive.39.0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003724/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1989.87.0.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=23 January 2015 |publisher=[[European Film Academy]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"| [[2nd European Film Awards|25 November 1989]]
| [[European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year|Young European Film of the Year]]
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Director|European Director of the Year]]
| Jim Sheridan
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Actor|European Actor of the Year]]
| rowspan="2"| Daniel Day-Lewis
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Left Foot {{!}} Golden Globes |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/my-left-foot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114814/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/my-left-foot |archive-date=28 January 2015 |access-date=3 July 2022 |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[47th Golden Globe Awards|20 January 1990]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Brenda Fricker
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 October 2014 |title=My Left Foot (1989) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/34071/My-Left-Foot/details/#moreAwards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019060551/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/34071/My-Left-Foot/details#moreAwards |archive-date=19 October 2014 |access-date=23 January 2015 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
| [[5th Independent Spirit Awards|24 March 1990]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=15th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |url=http://lafca.net/Years/1989.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013095754/http://lafca.net/Years/1989.php |archive-date=13 October 2015 |access-date=3 July 2022 |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|16 January 1990]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Daniel Day-Lewis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Brenda Fricker
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Board of Review]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1989 Award Winners |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1989/ |access-date=3 July 2022 |publisher=[[National Board of Review]]}}</ref>
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1989|26 February 1990]]
| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[National Society of Film Critics]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 1990 |title=Critics' Award to 'Drugstore Cowboy' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/08/movies/critics-award-to-drugstore-cowboy.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123215938/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/08/movies/critics-award-to-drugstore-cowboy.html |archive-date=23 January 2015 |access-date=23 January 2015 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
| [[1989 National Society of Film Critics Awards|8 January 1990]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Daniel Day-Lewis
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 1989 |title=Critics Circle Selects 'Left Foot' for Best Film and Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/19/movies/critics-circle-selects-left-foot-for-best-film-and-actor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[1989 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|14 January 1990]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Daniel Day-Lewis
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[42nd Writers Guild of America Awards|18 March 1990]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Young Artist Award]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eleventh Annual Youth in Film Awards (1988-1989) |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms11.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409024401/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms11.htm |archive-date=9 April 2014 |access-date=31 March 2011 |publisher=[[Young Artist Award]]s}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[11th Youth in Film Awards|March or April 1990]]
| Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
| [[Hugh O'Conor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Motion Picture – Drama
| ''My Left Foot''
| {{nom}}
|}