An emotional rollercoaster of a film- and not only is it Scottish, it's a true story.
first heard about the subject, John Davidson in a BBC documentary called John's Not Mad in 1989. A follow-up documentary, The Boy Can't Help It, was aired by the BBC in 2002, catching up with Davidson, aged 30. The 1989 one was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries.
In May 2009, BBC television broadcast Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It, a follow-up to the 1989 and 2002 documentaries, that caught up with John aged 37.
The film has the added bonus of featuring one of our best actors Peter Mullan and Shirley Henderson plays John's mum with Robert Aramayo in the lead role.
The film is on general release on October 10th, the Odeon at Lothian Road are really punting this film with advertising wrapped around it, Rotten Tomatoe has it with a 100% rating, albeit from only 11 reviews, Imdb rates it 8.6/10 from 358, so it's going down well.
