Geronimo1967
I suppose there are bound to be some questions about whether or not this is acting or mimicry, but theres no denying that the performance here from Robert Aramayo is truly engaging to watch. John Davidson is a confident and friendly young man from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders who might have a promising goalkeeping career looming until, at the age of 14, he develops an involuntary tic. This is swiftly followed by uncontrollable swearing and spontaneously violent gestures. His parents, whose marriage is already straining, and his teachers think hes playing up and his school friends quickly turn into teasers and bullies. At this point, we head on a decade or so to meet a man who now knows he has Tourette Syndrome and who still lives a fa...