Film review: The Sessions  Last updated 05:00 04/11/2012 The
Sessions  THE SESSIONS: John Hawke plays a lifelong polio
sufferer and William H. Macy his priest-confidante.  Relevant
offers    The Sessions, M, 94 mins   John Hawkes will
undoubtedly earn an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the
inspiring Mark O'Brien, a lifelong polio sufferer who used his
three working muscles (one in his jaw, one in his foot, and one
in his neck) to such great effect.  Struggling Australian
writer-director Ben Lewin chanced upon a blunt, honest essay by
the late O'Brien, an American journalist, on seeing a sex
surrogate - to lose both his shyness and his virginity - and the
discovery has subsequently saved Lewin from penury, with The
Sessions earning a Sundance award and a studio bidding war.
It's not the first time O'Brien's story had been committed to
screen - the documentary Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of
Mark O'Brien won an Oscar in 1997 but more are likely to follow
for this upbeat retelling.  Lewin follows