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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 149356" data-attributes="member: 22">Philomena<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/film-vault/images/3/3e/Philomenapost.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171204215858" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Interesting how the poster promises you a fun comedy when the subject matter is anything but. In fact, it works as an unofficial sequel to Peter Mullen&#039;s 2003 powerfully grim film The Magdalene Sisters, which was based on the true stories of girls in Ireland who were sent to homes for &quot;fallen&quot; women where they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of the nuns and priests who were supposed to be protecting them.This film is lighter in tone to that, but still packs an emotional punch. It&#039;s become kind of boring to talk about how good Judi Dench is and of course, she&#039;s excellent, but not in a predictable way. Her character&#039;s combination of modesty and steeliness means she constantly surprises you. But it&#039;s as much Steve Coogan&#039;s film as hers. He&#039;s known as a comic actor but seeing his character caught between self-interest, intellectual snobbishness, moral outrage and basic human compassion provides the film with some of its most powerful moments. At its heart, it&#039;s a story of faith and forgiveness, but shown from two very different perspectives, which stops it being either too sappy or too self-righteous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 149356, member: 22"] Philomena [IMG]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/film-vault/images/3/3e/Philomenapost.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171204215858[/IMG] Interesting how the poster promises you a fun comedy when the subject matter is anything but. In fact, it works as an unofficial sequel to Peter Mullen's 2003 powerfully grim film[I] The Magdalene Sisters,[/I] which was based on the true stories of girls in Ireland who were sent to homes for "fallen" women where they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of the nuns and priests who were supposed to be protecting them. This film is lighter in tone to that, but still packs an emotional punch. It's become kind of boring to talk about how good Judi Dench is and of course, she's excellent, but not in a predictable way. Her character's combination of modesty and steeliness means she constantly surprises you. But it's as much Steve Coogan's film as hers. He's known as a comic actor but seeing his character caught between self-interest, intellectual snobbishness, moral outrage and basic human compassion provides the film with some of its most powerful moments. At its heart, it's a story of faith and forgiveness, but shown from two very different perspectives, which stops it being either too sappy or too self-righteous. [/QUOTE]

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