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Robert Aramayo, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake
UK Release: 10th October 2025.
Running time: 2 hours
Classified 15 with very bad language owing to the syndrome.
Scottish setting, true life story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette's at 15, targeted as 'insane' by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for better understanding and acceptance of the condition of Tourette's as an adult, he finds his life's purpose and accepted his MBE from the Queen in 2019.
You can see a trailer at
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Kevin Maher, The Times (UK), 4/5
All flaws are overcome by Aramayo’s technically precise and heart-rending turn. It’s astonishing.
Clarisse Loughrey, Independent (UK), 4/5
I Swear happily adheres to the British cinematic tradition of small town underdog stories, without ever hijacking and streamlining Davidson’s experiences to maximise its “feel-good” credentials.
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian, 4/5
This is an absorbing, compassionate film.
Mark Kermode, Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
It is a drama with three-dimensional people, facing three-dimensional problems and dealing with them... I absolutely loved it.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph (UK), 4/5
The writer-director, Kirk Jones (Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee) has sculpted this to provide an education – it’s unflashy directing with an ordinary look, and a few clichés in tow. But his handling of the cast is top-to-bottom impeccable.
Philip De Semlyen, Time Out, 4/5
Empathetic, funny and myth-busting, it gives you permission to laugh at the situation while feeling only compassion for the man.
John Nugent, Empire Magazine, 4/5
Just lovely. Tourette syndrome has not been afforded its cinematic dues, but what an affable, funny character to explore it with in John Davidson -- and what a performance from Robert Aramayo.
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