Evelyn

Name: Evelyn
Genre: Drama
Released: December 13, 2002
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan

2002

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United Artists | Release Date: December 13, 2002 | PG

Starring: Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan

Summary: This story of an Irish man's fight to keep his family intact is an uplifting testament to a father's love and the power of the human spirit. (MGM)

Director: Bruce Beresford

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 min

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Desson Thomson

It's full of good heart, and you can't help but like its unequivocal sentimentality. Read full review

Janice Page

Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws. Read full review

Steven Rea

Doesn't overdo it on the 1950s period charm -- lots of tweed, old cars and bikes, great woolly sweaters and painted rowhouses -- and the performances never get out of hand, even when the plot does. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

While Brosnan, an Irishman by birth, lays it on bit thick, his performance is surprisingly effective. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

May be a weightless picture, but it's hardly torture to sit through. Just watch out for those angel rays. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

The film is at its best when painting the atmosphere and detail of 1953 Dublin. Read full review

Ray Conlogue

Think of it as trope grope. Things are so relatively democratic nowadays that filmmakers have to rummage through the past for a truly shmaltzy story. And they don't come any shmaltzier than this. Read full review

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Nov 20, 2006

A little folksy & melodramatic, but presented with a thorough awareness of how family law can be the most destructive force in a modern society. Those who have had to take on an abusive government to save their own children will find a lot ringing true here. I wish the content had been more A little folksy & melodramatic, but presented with a thorough awareness of how family law can be the most destructive force in a modern society. Those who have had to take on an abusive government to save their own children will find a lot ringing true here. I wish the content had been more painstakingly polished - it's relevance today is that important.… Expand

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