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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Nov 2013

A trip to America bears its share of exasperated hotel-room humor, but watch both actors lean into characters seeking redemption; their clash…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Nov 2013

The grande dame's performance, alternately goofy and grave, is an absolute tour de force…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 19 Nov 2013

Philomena eventually turns into a thoughtful treatise on the way the past has the power to dictate our actions and feelings in the present…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 19 Nov 2013

It’s profoundly moving and thoroughly mind provoking, but despite the poignant subject matter, I promise you will not leave Philomena depressed…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 19 Nov 2013

Most credit goes to Coogan for the success of this odd coupling…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 18 Nov 2013

A spiritual drama about the dynamics of faith, forgiveness, hope, and love; one of the Best Films of 2013 with an Academy Award caliber performance…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 18 Nov 2013

A beauty: a detective story with heart and humor that can't help but provoke outrage - as well as admiration for the capacity for empathy by…

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By Jesse Cataldo (136) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Nov 2013

A human-interest story that claims spite for human-interest stories, the film has some pretty divisive issues at its core that leave it torn…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 15 Nov 2013

Even if the film eventually forces a singular perspective on the material, the actors' chemistry absolves any number of narrative sins…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 15 Nov 2013

(The film's) central story of regret, love and forgiveness is strong, as are the cast members' performances, but the film could have been much…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 07 Nov 2013

Philomena's extraordinary compassion might make viewers want to reaffirm their faith rather than to run away from it…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 07 Nov 2013

Dench is as poignantly controlled here as she was in Notes on a Scandal…

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By Catherine Shoard (160) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 Nov 2013

Why does it work quite so well? In part, it's the Dench effect…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 03 Nov 2013

It's a film that might have lapsed into melodrama but didn't, that could have laboured the story's various twists but doesn't, that sets out…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Radio Times (2,421) on 01 Nov 2013

You'll laugh and you'll cry, sometimes both at the same time…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 31 Oct 2013

Superbly directed, powerfully emotional British drama with a witty, warm-hearted script and a pair of pitch-perfect performances from Judi…

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By John Nugent (191) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 31 Oct 2013

Stephen Frears' unfussy direction - and Coogan's splendid script - maintains a confident balance across many potential conflicts: between humour…

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By Jamie Dunn (104) for The Skinny (809) on 31 Oct 2013

What makes Philomena so winning is the sophisticated way in which it condemns the behaviour of the Catholic Church without denigrating people…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 31 Oct 2013

Dench is simply marvellous in the title role of this moving film, wringing it dry of every ounce of poignancy, and of comedy, too…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 31 Oct 2013

This is a doleful, radiant, understated comedy of hope and faith. That's almost a definition of good British cinema…

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