Philomena
2013
⏱️ 98 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Drama
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
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With all confidence, the story of the movie is undoubtedly wonderful, and it was exciting and passionate to follow it until the end, but I did not find the dramatic and emotional sense of the mother. I did not find that she really lost her son, but the feelings were mixed. The feelings and sense of losing the son could have been put in the right way better than this.
There was no strong flashback showing the mother's life from her son. It was very useless. There are many hilarious moments and a banter link that extended to the end of the movie, which spoiled the drama of the story. I feel that the true feelings of the mother and her son, who was lost and never saw his real mother, should have been respected.
Judi Dench was the reason I watched the movie. Her performance was wonderful in mixing her different emotions and feelings, sometimes she laughs, sometimes she cries, and sometimes she forgives. She really made a true story.
March 23, 2023
Crew
Director
Stephen Frears
Writer
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan
Producer
Tracey Seaward, Steve Coogan, Gabrielle Tana
Production
Baby Cow Productions, BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, BFI, Pathe
Keywords
journalistlondon, englandwashington dc, usabased on novel or booknursefaithforgivenessorphanageadoptionbased on true story