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By Garrett Green (4) for Black Nerd Problems (146) on 17 Sep 2018

If you like your dramas in film form that are of the British variety then this one may be for you…

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By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 16 Sep 2018

The impeccable performances ultimately steer The Children Act to a compelling climax…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 15 Sep 2018

THE CHILDREN ACT is purely a thespian's dream, allowing each member of the ensemble his or her opportunity to make a statement…

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By Lisa M (931) on 15 Sep 2018

Emma thompson gives another stellar and sympathetic performance in a film that deserved to be longer to delve more into the complex relationships…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 15 Sep 2018

McEwan's script and Thompson's nuanced turn provide insight into human events not normally captured on TV or film in the name of entertainment…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 13 Sep 2018

Thompson has incredible chemistry with Tucci and also shares a couple of staggeringly intimate moments with young Whitehead that brought tears…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 13 Sep 2018

Emma Thompson's powerful performance galvanizes this otherwise contrived British drama…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 13 Sep 2018

The Children Act is perhaps a bit stilted in the overt way it sometimes attempts to spell out its arguments…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 13 Sep 2018

With a stellar performance from Emma Thompson, The Children Act tells a moving story of a judge who must decide on life or death…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 13 Sep 2018

A single idea stretched out for nearly two hours, it’s an odd but strangely compelling film, but so ponderously paced that it doesn’t always…

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By Tobias W (29) on 13 Sep 2018

What a remarkable adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 12 Sep 2018

This certainly played differently in the UK than it will in the US, where children’s rights appear to have more latitude, even if they can…

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By Kim Hughes (164) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 12 Sep 2018

Credit the towering talents of Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci with redeeming The Children Act, a film oddly thin on story despite coming from…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for The New York Times (9,847) on 12 Sep 2018

The movie finally punts on grappling with its ambiguities. The finale feels functional rather than haunting…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 12 Sep 2018

The acting is not the problem. It rarely is. And, within parameters, the movie is not dull…

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By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Sep 2018

The Children Act stages the clumsiness of belated domestic confrontations with the very coldness that’s kept its characters from having discussed…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 12 Sep 2018

Characters move through their posh habitats, explaining what they've done, are about to do, should have done years ago…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Sep 2018

The Children Act evinces measured intelligence and polished craftsmanship without ever quite shaking off the feel of a work filtered through…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 12 Sep 2018

In the hands of Iris and Notes on a Scandal director Richard Eyre, McEwan’s story is stagy and austere, taking place in gleaming flats and…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 11 Sep 2018

Thompson never disappoints, nailing every nuance of a judge who lets the world in at the cost of losing her own judgment…

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