Evelyn DVD (2002)

Evelyn

2002

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Poignant family drama set in 1950s Ireland and based on a true story. Pierce Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, a painter/decorator whose wife walks out on the marriage and their three children, leaving him to bring them up himself and earn money to support the family. But his erratic employment leads to the children being put into the care of separate Catholic orphanages until he can prove he is able to support them financially. When he discovers that his young daughter, Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur) is being ill-treated by the nuns at her orphanage, he is furious, and determines to do whatever he can to win back custody of his children. With the help of lawyers Michael Beattie (Stephen Rea), Nick Barron (Aidan Quinn) and Thomas Connolly (Alan Bates), he takes his battle for custody to the Irish court.

Evelyn details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Bates, Pierce Brosnan
Director:	Bruce Beresford
Genre:	Drama - General
Studio:	PATHE DISTRIBUTION

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Evelyn	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 32 minutes
Rental release:	22 Sep 2003
Main languages:	English

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Very enjoyable

By sparkie from BRISTOL, ENGLAND , 29 Jan 2005

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Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Marqulies, Alan Bates, Aidan Quinn, the list goes on... They were all very good but the very best has to be Sophie Vavasseur as Evelyn. Not trained to act and the better for it.

A true story... It left me wanting to know what happened next... I know it was Evelyn's story but did Doyle love Bernadette? Could they ever marry?

Did they live happily ever after? Too may questions left unanswered for me.
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An insightful drama, moving

By a customer from Exeter, England , 25 Nov 2011

this was a great film

if anything it didn't get 5 stars for because it felt rushed

it was only 1h 30mins - i reckon you could have made it 2h and gone more in depth with the story - it was a great watch so i was left wanting more - really great
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Another Day

By smellie (8 reviews) from Birmingham , 15 Sep 2009

A very powerful and moving story which shows just how much a father will try to help his own child.
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Growing Pains

By linnpark (8 reviews) from Johnstone , 18 Jun 2009

Enjoyed this film from beginning to end. Unfortunately there are many similar stories of this type with the church heavily involved and found wanting but this one appears to have made it's mark politically and generated changes for the common good.

I thought Evelyn was a great wee actress. A wee gem!
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evelyn

By a customer from Sunderland , 24 Mar 2009

enjoyable film, had me wanting to see that the main charactor got what he was fighting for,
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A great watch

By Little Blondie from Gloucestershire , 23 Jan 2009

This is a lovely little film based on a true story. Pierce Brosnan is great as the lead character and we were hooked from the opening sequence right through to the end. There is some humour too to lighten the mood and we really enjoyed the whole film - would recommend!
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