Evelyn (2002)

PG09/30/2002Drama1h 32m
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The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.

Overview

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Pierce Brosnan

    Desmond Doyle

  2. Cast 1

    Aidan Quinn

    Nick Barron

  3. Cast 1

    Julianna Margulies

    Bernadette Beattie

  4. Cast 1

    Stephen Rea

    Michael Beattie

  5. Cast 1

    John Lynch

    Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

  6. Cast 1

    Sophie Vavasseur

    Evelyn Doyle

  7. Cast 1

    Alan Bates

    Thomas Connolly

  8. Niall Beagan

    Dermot Doyle

  9. Hugh McDonagh

    Maurice Doyle

I recently watched this after first seeing it maybe ten years ago. It wasn’t quite as good as I remembered. I mean, I like it okay, but without Pierce Brosnan in it, I am not sure I would have stayed through it. It is a harmless enough story, based on fact, about an Irishman who likes his drink (bordering on a stereotype maybe, says this Irish reviewer who rarely drinks) and whose wife gets fed up with her life when he loses his job. She takes off and, unlike what usually happens here in the good old USA, she leaves the kids behind, the children’s grandmother is so unimpressed with him she...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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