Editing My Left Foot (section)

===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>