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User Rating:
7.0/10
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Director:
Bruce Beresford
Writer:
Paul Pender (written by)
Release Date:
21 March 2003 (UK)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The story of a father's love that changed a nation
Plot Summary:
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment...
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Plot Keywords:
Loss Of Father
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Trespassing
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Loss Of Grandfather
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Christmas Eve
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Child Abuse
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Awards:
1 win
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6 nominations
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User Comments:
Very Touching, Involving Story
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(Cast overview, first billed only)Sophie Vavasseur ... Evelyn DoyleNiall Beagan ... Dermot DoyleHugh McDonagh ... Maurice Doyle (as Hugh Macdonagh)Pierce Brosnan ... Desmond DoyleMairead Devlin ... Charlotte DoyleFrank Kelly ... Henry DoyleClaire Mullan ... Mrs. DaisleyAlvaro Lucchesi ... Inspector LoganGarrett Keogh ... District JudgeDaithi O'Suilleabhain ... Brother Eustace (as Daithi O'Suillebhain)Andrea Irvine ... Sister BrigidMarian Quinn ... Sister TheresaKaren Ardiff ... Sister FelicityJulianna Margulies ... Bernadette BeattieBosco Hogan ... Father O'Malleymore
MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic material and language.
Runtime:
94 min/ USA:95 min (TV version)
Country:
Germany / Ireland / USA / UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS/ Dolby Digital
Certification:
Netherlands:AL/ Argentina:13/ Australia:PG/ Canada:PG/ Spain:7/ Sweden:7/ Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) / UK:PG/ USA:PG/ Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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MOVIEmeter:
9% since last week
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Company:
CineEvelyn
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Goofs:
Continuity: When the man from SPCC was speaking with Doyle, a woman behind Doyle hung the same pair of pants on the line twice.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Dermot Doyle:
Evelyn, did Jesus have a big sister?
Evelyn Doyle:
No Dermot, he wasn't as lucky as you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Evelyn: The Story Behind the Story (2003) (V)
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Soundtrack:
On the Banks of the Roses
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Very Touching, Involving Story, 24 August 2006
Author:
ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States
This is a wonderful movie. I admit this movie is manipulative, and probably exaggerated for
purposes of drama, but what based-on-a-true story movies aren't? At
least it goes after the right things: a father having custody of his
kids, rather than them being forced to live in an "institution."The story is based a true situation in the mid 1950s Ireland in which,
in the end, the Irish Constitution was amended because of this case.
"Desmond Doyle" (Pierce Brosnan) is the loving father whose wife runs
off one day with another man, leaving him with three little kids and
little visible means of support. Since he didn't have enough finances,
the government makes the kids wards of the state and places them in
Catholic schools-homes (institutions?).On that Catholic, or "religious," angle, you get a lot of positive and
negative scenes here. You have a bad, nasty almost sadistic nun "Sister
Brigid," but the others are fine caring ladies, as they should be.
Overall, however, you see a lot of faith portrayed in this film and
it's mostly good. Of course, that faith was more out in the open in the
'50s than today, but it was inspiring to see in many parts.Brosnan is excellent in the lead role, a man everyone can identify
with: a loving but flawed man. He drinks too much, he swears, he
doesn't have a steady job but he has great heart and has great
determination to the right thing. One has no trouble rooting for him in
this story. I think it's the best role he has ever played, far better
than his superficial James Bond or thieves roles he normally plays.But
nobody hits you as emotionally as little Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur), one
of Doyle's three kids and the one that is focused upon here. (The two
little brothers are not given much screen time, for some reason.)
Brosnan's allies in here - the two lawyers (played by Stephen Rea and
Aiden Quinn) are likable as is Alan Bates who plays a rugged
ex-barrister who winds up helping the team. Bates might have had the
best role for the supporting actors.This is such an involving story, one that you really care about the
people, it can bring a tear or two in the end, but what's wrong with
that? When you are finished watching this film, you feel good.
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