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Genres:
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Drama
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Director:
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Bruce Beresford
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Actors:
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Bosco Hogan,
Andrea Irvine,
Niall Beagan,
Hugh McDonagh,
Mairead Devlin,
Claire Mullan,
Garrett Keogh,
Daithi O'Suilleabhain,
Marian Quinn,
Karen Ardiff,
Sophie Vavasseur,
Pierce Brosnan,
Frank Kelly,
Alvaro Lucchesi,
Julianna Margulies
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Duration:
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95 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)100
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Plot Summary:
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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their line on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to concern for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, receive it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable plight. The Liberal Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-sort orphanages. Although a sympathetic review assures Desmond that when his fiscal employment reverses, he intention be talented to get his children undeveloped; bucks is disastrous to come by. During that time, Evelyn and her brot... hers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while Desmond struggles to secure finances. At the present time he be required to brawl the courts to pick up his children back.
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Evelyn
Pierce Brosnan stars as a working-class man struggling to keep his family together in this David and Goliath feel-good drama set in 50s Ireland
Based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his battle against the Irish church and state, Evelyn is something of a vanity project for Pierce Brosnan, who both stars and co-produces in a rather obvious attempt to return to his Irish roots. Yet, despite its Irish credentials, Evelyn's highly stereotypical vision of the land of Guinness and shamrocks is predominantly geared towards American audiences.
When his wife runs away to Australia with her fancy man, honest house-painter Doyle (Brosnan) is left to look after his three young children Evelyn (Vavasseur), Dermot (Beagan) and Maurice (McDonagh). Since it's t...
Not bad at all
This is a very good feel good film. The movie portrays the real life events of Mr doyle's attempt to regain his cildren from the authorities. Mr Doyle is played by Pierce Brosnan who gives a good performance, although his Irish accent I found lacking in some places...not that bad just seemed a little forced at times. If you like feel good movies you will like this.
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