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This tragicomic tale of the odd-couple friendship that develops between two severely disabled young men — one shy and conservative, the other outgoing and outrageous — could have ended up as a thoroughly mawkish affair. James McAvoy (best known for TV dramas State of Play and Shameless) is the rebellious patient with muscular dystrophy, whose arrival at a sleepy residential care home is a tonic for diffident youth Steven Robertson (whose character has cerebral palsy). But East Is East director Damien O'Donnell has come up with a worthwhile comedy drama that may not necessarily tread any new ground, but at least goes over old territory with some skill and style. O'Donnell's non-contentious film pushes all the right buttons in its flagrant bid to get you backing the pair in their uplifting fight for freedom from a well-meaning but inflexible care system.

Funny, touching, life-affirming tale of two wheelchair-bound people who strive for independence at whatever cost to themselves and, sometimes, others.