The only way to start my review is to say that Judi Dench is an international treasure an actress. Every performance is so nuanced and different, that the audience sometimes forgets that it is one performer playing all of these characters.
Philomena is the true story of woman’s journey to find the son she was forced to give up.
In the 1950’s, Philomena Lee (Sophie Kennedy Clark) has a son outside of wedlock. Her only home is a nunnery where she works in slave labor like conditions and is only allowed to see her son an hour a day. When her son is taken from her, Philomena is heartbroken, but never forgets her first child.
50 years later, her daughter Jane (Anna Maxwell-Martin) meets a disgraced journalist, Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) who takes up the story as a human interest piece. That leads them to Washington DC where they search for her son.
This movie is fantastic. Both Steve Coogan and Judi Dench give nuanced, understated performances. I love the yin and yang of Philomena’s faith in spite of her experiences and Martin’s lack of faith. The thing I loved most is that despite what the nuns did to her, Philomena still clings to her faith and forgives those who took her child from her.
This film and all involved deserves any and all awards send it’s way.
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