| Evelyn Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| EVELYN (director: Bruce Beresford; screenwriter: Paul Pender; cinematographer:
Andre Fleuren; editor: Humphrey Dixon; music: Stephen Endelman; cast: Pierce
Brosnan (Desmond Doyle), Julianna Margulies (Bernadette Beattie), Sophie
Vavasseur (Evelyn...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| I caught Evelyn at the same film festival that also featured Peter Mullan's
similarly themed The Magdalene Sisters, a devastating film that made the
former seem like a laughable television movie of the week (albeit a
star-studded one). Evelyn is corny,...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Set in 1953, Evelyn is the true story of a family in struggle against
The Powers That Be in Ireland. Viewed from 2002 and America in
particular, where the separation of Church and State is (officially
at least) deeply frowned upon, the obstacles...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) is an out-of-work carpenter and craftsman
struggling to raise his kids in 1953 Ireland. One day, his wife suddenly
packs her bags and abandons Des and their three young children and the
unemployed father finds himself the...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| On St. Stephens' Day 1953, out of work Dubliner Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan,
"Die Another Day") is devastated to learn that his wife has left him and
their three young children. Although Doyle manages to eke out a living
working two jobs, the Irish...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Evelyn" (MGM/UA)
In this unabashedly sentimental family drama, Pierce Brosnan delivers
a bravura performance as a real-life father who - back in 1953 - challenged the
constitutionality of the Irish Family Act in a...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| EVELYN, by Bruce Beresford (DRIVING MISS DAISY), is an unabashedly schmaltzy and
thoroughly enjoyable true story about a legal case that made Irish legal history
in the early 1950s. Playing masterfully against his usual suave type as an
English...more |
| Evelyn Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
United Artists
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Written by: Paul Pender
Cast: Pierce Brosnan,Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen
Rea, John Lynch, Sophie Vavasseur, Alan Bates
Screened at: MGM, NYC,...more |
