STAFFORD FILM THEATRE: I Swear

Kirk Jones / UK 2025 / 120 min / 15 Cert

This funny, heartfelt and emphatically moving film dramatises the true story of Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson. It chronicles his quest to live normally in a world that insisted on calling him different. Diagnosed at aged 15, John’s Tourette’s made him the target of bullying and violence. He subsequently became one of the UK’s most passionate advocates for greater awareness of this syndrome for which he received an MBE.

Featuring a committed central performance from Robert Aramayo supported by Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan. I Swear is a powerful look at an astonishing life. It takes in the frustration and fatigue of being persistently misunderstood and the wit, grit and resolve that saw Davidson seek to define himself on his own terms.