....and appreciated the good acting, the good movie making and the good story telling.
However, this movie simply wasn't my cup of tea.
Some spoilers ahead!!!
The Link
Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan worked together really well and this movie featured heartbreak and humor aplenty.
Dame Dench was perfect for and in her role and co-star Coogan screenwrote interesting characters for each of them.
In addition, Director Stephen Frears ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The Grifters," "Mary Reilly," "High Fidelity," and "The Queen") again showed good mastery of his cinematic craft.
I went by myself and both during and after my viewing, I thought my sweet wife (who was raised Catholic and has experienced childbirth) might have appreciated this drama about a now elderly, Irish, unwed mother and a world-weary, British journalist together searching for Dench's character's adopted, grown up son, so she could know his fate and so Coogan's character could sell the story to a tabloid.
Their individual motives and personal feelings interact and change several times, plus the Catholic nuns at the home for unwed mothers are not helpful.
I didn't find the starting point or the unwinding of this story as interesting or compelling as what was in, say, "All The President's Men" or "Sophie's Choice," but I appreciated the effort.
The excellent screenplay is adapted from a book that tells the true story, but, as I said, it just wasn't my cup of tea.
Your thoughts?
However, this movie simply wasn't my cup of tea.
Some spoilers ahead!!!
The Link
Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan worked together really well and this movie featured heartbreak and humor aplenty.
Dame Dench was perfect for and in her role and co-star Coogan screenwrote interesting characters for each of them.
In addition, Director Stephen Frears ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The Grifters," "Mary Reilly," "High Fidelity," and "The Queen") again showed good mastery of his cinematic craft.
I went by myself and both during and after my viewing, I thought my sweet wife (who was raised Catholic and has experienced childbirth) might have appreciated this drama about a now elderly, Irish, unwed mother and a world-weary, British journalist together searching for Dench's character's adopted, grown up son, so she could know his fate and so Coogan's character could sell the story to a tabloid.
Their individual motives and personal feelings interact and change several times, plus the Catholic nuns at the home for unwed mothers are not helpful.
I didn't find the starting point or the unwinding of this story as interesting or compelling as what was in, say, "All The President's Men" or "Sophie's Choice," but I appreciated the effort.
The excellent screenplay is adapted from a book that tells the true story, but, as I said, it just wasn't my cup of tea.
Your thoughts?
