Fresh
A sprightly pace and a fatalistic sense of humor propel the proceedings over a generous amount of drinking jokes and other cliches of Irish life and culture.
Eddie Cockrell, Variety
Evelyn
The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.
2002 · 1h 32m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Overview
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Director and cast
- Bruce Beresford Director
- Pierce Brosnan as Desmond Doyle
- Aidan Quinn as Nick Barron
- Julianna Margulies as Bernadette Beattie
- Stephen Rea as Michael Beattie
- John Lynch as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- Sophie Vavasseur as Evelyn Doyle
- Alan Bates as Thomas Connolly
- Niall Beagan as Dermot Doyle
- Hugh McDonagh as Maurice Doyle
- Mairead Devlin as Charlotte Doyle
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Instead of the clear-headed resolve the material demands, Beresford's film offers slush, blarney and grandstanding actors ...
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
It's Kramer vs. Kramer, without the Kramers, a 'true story' without much of the truth.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
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.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Your head may want to resist Evelyn, but your heart will have a hard time of it.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
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