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Nov 22, 2013 · "Philomena" is based on a true story about an elderly Irish woman searching for the toddler son she gave up for adoption as an unwed teen living in a convent. Most of its pleasures come from the way it confounds expectations.
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Nov 22, 2013 · 91% Tomatometer 201 Reviews 89% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings In 1952, Irish teenager Philomena (Judi Dench) became pregnant out of wedlock and was sent to a convent. When her baby, Anthony,...
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- Stephen Frears
- PG-13
- Judi Dench
Philomena is a 2013 drama film directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith. The film stars Judi Dench as Philomena Lee, an elderly woman who has been searching for her son for 50 years, and Sixsmith's (Steve Coogan) efforts to help her find him.
Nov 27, 2013 · Philomena: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham. A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 2013-11-27
Nov 21, 2013 · Stephen Frears’s “Philomena” follows a Irishwoman forced to give up her son for adoption in the 1950s and the freelance reporter who helps her search for him.
- Stephen Frears
- Stephen Holden
- 98 min
Jan 15, 2014 · Director Stephen Frears (The Queen) does pit the dry British humour of Steve Coogan with a doddery, against-type Judi Dench, to great and unexpected comedic effect. But more importantly, the film is a harrowing true story about how a single mother spent 50 years shamefully and silently mourning over her son who was wrongfully taken from her.
Philomena Reviews. Judi Dench's greatest screen performance... Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 30, 2023. While several dramatic liberties were taken with the actual true account,...
