Evelyn
2002 · Movie · PG · 92 min · ★ 6.4 · 60% critics
After a family crisis on the day after Christmas, a father is left with no woman at home and loses work stability, leading authorities to intervene. The Catholic Church and Irish courts decide the children must be placed in church-run orphanages, sparking a fight to regain family life.
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-09-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (113 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Evelyn if you want a gentle, family-focused true-story drama with courtroom tension and heartfelt performances; Not for you if you dislike religiously themed legal stories or want action-heavy thrillers like Avalon.
Pros: heartwarming true-story drama; strong ensemble acting; affecting courtroom moments | Cons: heavy religious tone; sometimes overly sentimental; script feels cliché
Themes
- orphanage
- based on true story
- christmas
Cast & crew
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
- NB
Niall Beagan
as Dermot Doyle
- HM
Hugh McDonagh
as Maurice Doyle
- MD
Mairead Devlin
as Charlotte Doyle
Directed by Bruce Beresford