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Evelyn

The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.

6.4(117)20021h 32m3

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.

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Status
Released
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Language
English
  • orphanage
  • based on true story
  • christmas

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Ireland, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG13 Dec 2002
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG30 Sept 2002
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP17 Sept 2003
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical03 Oct 2003

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Evelyn was released on 30 September 2002.

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    Peter McGinn

    8/24/2020

    7/10

    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 wh…

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