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      • Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 83 out of 100, based on 38 reviews – indicating "universal acclaim". This made it the twentieth best reviewed film of the year. The film appeared on several US critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2003.
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  2. The Magdalene Sisters: Directed by Peter Mullan. With Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy. Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

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    • Drama
    • Peter Mullan
    • 2003-08-29
  3. Dec 16, 2023 · The Magdalene Sisters is a powerful and critically acclaimed film directed by Peter Mullan. The movie sheds light on the real-life experiences of young women who were sent to the Magdalene Asylums, also known as Magdalene Laundries, in Ireland during the 20th century.

  4. Aug 15, 2003 · “The Magdalene Sisters” is a harrowing look at institutional cruelty, perpetrated by the Catholic Church in Ireland, and justified by a perverted hysteria about sex. “I’ve never been with any lads ever,” one girl says, protesting her sentence, “and that’s the god’s honest truth.”

  5. Nov 21, 2002 · Peter Mullan's award-winning drama tells the story of "fallen women" incarcerated by the Catholic Church in 60s Ireland.

  6. The Magdalene Sisters is an intense watch, but one that allows its central characters a sense of hope and power, even amid the atrocities. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2021. Felix...

  7. In THE MAGDALENE SISTERS, three teenage girls are sent to a Catholic "asylum" in 1960s Ireland, where they are expected to pay penance for their perceived sins. Here, they discover a brutal regime of exhausting work and dehumanizing punishment under the ever-watchful eyes of a cruel group of nuns.

  8. The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as Magdalene laundries), homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society.

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