Philomena (Blu-ray) PG-13
These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.
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- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 15, 2014
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: TWC
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Judi Dench & Steve Coogan | |
Performer: | Sophie Kennedy Clark, Anna Maxwell Martin, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe, Peter Hermann & Michelle Fairley | |
Directed by | Stephen Frears | |
Screenplay by | Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope | |
Composition by | Alexandre Desplat | |
Produced by | Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward & Gabrielle Tana | |
Director of Photography: | Robbie Ryan |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Surprisingly harrowing at times, the film avoids becoming an overwrought melodrama through the balance in characterisation between Martin's cynicism and Philomena's faith.
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One Room With A View
3 stars out of 4 -- [C]ompelling, poignant and gently funny.
USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
Because the tale is so inherently emotional with its subject matter, all you need is a competent director and a couple of crack actors to wheedle that trajectory out.
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Patrick Nabarro
Rating: A --
Philomena is kind of a tough sell. It's not a feel-good holiday picture or a tour-de-force acting showcase destined to be christened with Oscar kisses. All the movie has to offer is the fact that it's really, really good.
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The Reader (Omaha, NE)
4 stars out of 5 -- Dench, drawing on her own Irish family background, scores another acting tour de force, pitch-perfect in her accent and lacing Philomena’s naivety with an innate shrewdness.
Total Film
[A] story that took a lifetime, will now touch your heart for a lifetime.
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Behind The Lens
[T]he film's overall effectiveness is hard to deny. A good part of the credit for this goes to Dench's performance as Philomena Lee...
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
The title character of Stephen Frears' PHILOMENA is played by Judi Dench. She is an elderly Irish woman who, as a teenager, gave birth while she was working at a convent. The Catholic Church had the child adopted, and now, decades later, Philomena is introduced to Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), onetime government spokesperson who is now working as a freelance journalist. Martin agrees to help Philomena look for her son, and the trail takes them to the United States, and brings them face-to-face with some long-buried secrets. All the while, the type-A Martin and the ceaselessly charming Philomena learn to trust each other. PHILOMENA screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
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- UPC: 013132616322
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