commentary With the dust settled after February's BAFTAs incident, John Davidson's biopic is all the more timely — to a point Published April 26, 2026 12:00PM (EDT) Robert Aramayo as John Davidson in "I Swear" (Graeme Hunter/Sony Pictures Classics) It’s remarkably unfortunate that the way most Americans learned about “I Swear,” Kirk Jones’ biographical drama about Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson, was by the exact kind of unintentional public gaffe the film exists to assuage. While Tourette syndrome has many complex symptoms, “I Swear” focuses largely on coprolalia, a symptom affecting approximately 10% of individuals with Tourette’s and manifests in the involuntary use of obscene language. Throughout the film, Davidson (played with exceptional depth by Robert Aramayo) wrestles with the public’s misunderstanding of his condition, enduring the voluntary violence doled out as a result of his involuntary tics.…