Sensitive handling and an exceptional central performance do heartwarming justice to a remarkable life.

It’s tough to be a teenager. It’s even more difficult to be a teenager in a small Scottish border town – and more challenging still to be one living with Tourette’s Syndrome at a time when the neurological disorder was barely recognised as a condition, let alone understood. That was the reality faced by John Davidson, who developed Tourette’s at 14 and found his entire life forever changed.

Robert Aramayo gives an incredible turn as John, clearly having worked hard to research the condition so that his tics come across as entirely natural rather than as any kind of performance. Outside of the physical demands of the role, Aramayo captures the anxiety and sadness of this gentle man, who has both accepted who he is and understands the limitations it brings to his life.

Nikki Baughan, Screen Daily