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- 2002
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
- 2002
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
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)
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
Written By: Paul Pender
- 2002
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
- 2002
- PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 34 m
Evelyn
55
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6.0
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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)
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
Written By: Paul Pender
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
55
47% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
40% Mixed
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13% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
55
47% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
40% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The star plays Doyle as just rough enough around the edges to warrant the character's setbacks, but not so unpleasant that the twinkle in his eye is extinguished.
Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws.
Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, and Alan Bates play Desmond's legal eagles, and when joined by Brosnan, the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing, 'tis.
While Brosnan, an Irishman by birth, lays it on bit thick, his performance is surprisingly effective.
Dull but sweet.
There was a fine family drama to be made here, but what we get instead is too sweet to swallow.
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.
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Production Company
First Look International,
Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG,
Irish DreamTime,
CineEvelyn
Release Date Dec 13, 2002
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline The story of a father's love that changed a nation
Website
http://www.mgm.com/evelyn
Awards
MovieGuide Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Nominations
Political Film Society, USA
• 2 Nominations
