The successful British film about the man who shouted "death to the queen" at Elizabeth II of England

The scene with which Uncontrollable (I swear) kicks off is one of the most talked-about of the life of John Davidson, the real person who inspires the film (and who had already been the subject of various previous documentaries). At the reception where he was to be decorated by Elizabeth II, he blurted out Fuck the queen". A moment that illustrates this uncontrollable condition of Tourette's syndrome, a disorder characterized by irrepressible verbal and gestural tics that the affected person suffers from. And a scene that sets the tone of a film perfectly framed within the best tradition of the British working-class feel-good movie with a vocation to raise awareness about some issue, which includes titles like Full Monty, Bend It Like Beckham or, in part, the recent Pillion. The film generates immediate empathy towards this nervous man in the face of royal protocol, while using humor of acceptable irreverence to present the conflict. If the Queen of England was not offended by this outburst, who are we mere mortals to not welcome with understanding the disruptions of a person with Tourette's, however aggressive they may sound?

The film traces John's life (splendid Robert Aramayo) from when the first symptoms manifest until he becomes a militant of the cause. Written and directed by Kirk Jones, Uncontrollable (I swear)

develops how, before finding specialized support, Davidson was able to get by thanks to his good nature and resilience, added to the empathy of specific figures and environments, such as the nurse who acts as a second mother or the janitor who gives him work. The film exhibits all the pros and cons of a film of this style: it is inevitable not to connect with the protagonist and his tribulations, and at the same time you are aware that for this to happen he is portrayed as a man whose only flaw is this syndrome he cannot control.