Evelyn

2002 92 min ★ 6.4 Drama

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.

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Cast

Pierce Brosnan

Desmond Doyle

Aidan Quinn

Nick Barron

Julianna Margulies

Bernadette Beattie

Stephen Rea

Michael Beattie

John Lynch

Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Sophie Vavasseur

Evelyn Doyle

Alan Bates

Thomas Connolly

Niall Beagan

Dermot Doyle

Hugh McDonagh

Maurice Doyle

Mairead Devlin

Charlotte Doyle

Details

Director

Bruce Beresford

Tagline

"The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

CineEvelyn, Irish Dreamtime

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

August 24, 2020

★ 7/10

I recently watched this after first seeing it maybe ten years ago. It wasn’t quite as good as I remembered. I mean, I like it okay, but without Pierce Brosnan in it, I am not sure I would have stayed through it. It is a harmless enough story, based on fact, about an Irishman who likes his drink (bordering on a stereotype maybe, says this Irish reviewer who rarely drinks) and whose wife gets fed...