- Release Date: 2003
- Runtime: 94 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Sophie Vavasseur, Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Pierce Brosnan ... see all
- Director: Bruce Beresford
- Plot: 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... Read more
User Reviews
LUVED IT!
Dec 08, 2007
csichick515 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007csichick515 - yahoo.com
This was so sweet!I really loved this movie!Its was so sweet and sad!And thats exactly the movies i like!IT WAS AWSOME!... Full review
Evelyn - one of the greatest film ever
Dec 08, 2007
stars007fan - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007stars007fan - yahoo.com
Before I have seen this movie, I heard many possitive comments. Something about an amazing story and daddy... Full review
Incredible for the family....
Dec 08, 2007
tvfan182002 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007tvfan182002 - yahoo.com
Maybe it's predictable, maybe it's to warm and fuzzy, and maybe it's pure melodrama, but let me tell you something it's a masterpiece that the whole family will enjoy. Piere Brosnam is amazing and the kid playing Evelyn is just wonderful...at... Full review
loved it
Dec 08, 2007
chocomonkee22 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007chocomonkee22 - yahoo.com
it was so sad at parts i almost cried but fabulous at the end.. it was all happy. its an awesome movie. the little girl is a good actor too.... Full review
best
Dec 08, 2007
pinklady91158 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007pinklady91158 - yahoo.com
great plot! a must see. sad but still very good! loved it!!! the person that gave it an f does not no what he is talking about!... Full review
Good Movie
Dec 08, 2007
shantel_wltrs - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007shantel_wltrs - yahoo.com
This movie is a very memorable one. I watched in my 3rd Block class at school. Very sad and touching also..it also have a few funny parts in it. You should watch it..... Full review
Wins you over
Dec 08, 2007
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Even though it doesn't quite grab your full emotions Evelyn fairly suceeds with the surprisingly great performance by Pierce Brosnan.... Full review
A worthy
Dec 08, 2007
bondgurl4lyfe007 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007bondgurl4lyfe007 - yahoo.com
This truley is one of the better films out there. The acting is really good which is true in all Brosnan films and it has such a good story. It's really very sweet.... Full review
A good movie overall
Dec 08, 2007
xfaye_valentinex - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2007xfaye_valentinex - yahoo.com
The acting in this movie I thought was very good Pierce Brosnan made me even cry in this movie . I would suggest this movie if your in the mood for a sad heroic story.... Full review
Very Touching, Involving Story
Aug 24, 2006
ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
Aug 24, 2006ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
This is a wonderful movie. I admit this movie is manipulative, and probably exaggerated for purposes of drama, but what based-on-a-true story movies aren't? At least it goes after the right things: a father having custody of his kids, rather... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 22, 2007Urban Cinefile
Beresford said that was OK, as long as the agency undertook to hand him the next film that Armstrong planned to direct with mainly male characters.
Watch for Adams in a walk on cameo as the maths teacher, Dr Pewson; how apt.
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| May 07, 2004smh.com.au
Evelyn, for instance, is a perfect child, noble in adversity while being such an unshakeable witness in court that I wouldn't be surprised if she turned up in a few years as the first female Bond.
And, ominously enough, Evelyn's new home also has its Sister Brigid (Andrea Irvine ) - frigid Brigid to those who know her best - but her brutalities turn out to be comparatively tame.
... Full Review
| May 05, 2004The Age
Brosnan (the film's executive producer) gives a performance that conveys both amiability and volatility, and suggests that he was capable of handling a more challenging role, a more interesting exploration of the subject.
Beresford is fairly restrained about the torments visited on Evelyn
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| Apr 05, 2003Slant Magazine
Brosnon's commentary track is a tad more passionate....This contributes smashingly to the film's depressing tone....he has nothing but love for his actors.....The end result successfully separates Evelyn from despicable genre swill like I Am Sam .....dialogue is perfectly audible.... ... Full Review
| Jan 10, 2003Deseret News
Evelyn" is rated PG for scattered use of profanity (most of it religiously based) and brief violence (some bar scuffles and scenes of school "punishment").
The film is well-paced and appropriately low-key, and Beresford allows his cast to do most of the work for him.
... Full Review
News
'Brideshead' and Bride's Dad
lacitybeat.com –
2008-07-23
Adaptations of Brit novelist Evelyn Waugh have never quite connected with audiences on the big screen. Tony Richardsons film version of The Loved One (1965) very much a 1960s time capsule remains the most enjoyable, but the sensibility of screenwriter... ... Full Article
Evelyn
efilmcritic.com –
2003-12-20
Being the 1950s, and the unbecoming traits of their father, the children are put in a convent, with release pending on a signed agreement from the absent mother. ... Full Article
Blanchett to play Beatrix Potter
bbc.co.uk –
2003-05-16
The Elizabeth star will play the young writer who created the much-loved characters of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck, reports industry website Screen Daily. Australian Blanchett, who has made her home in the UK, was nominated for an Oscar for... ... Full Article
Pierce Brosnan of "Die Another Day" stars as Desmond Doyle, a father whose children are put in orphanages when he loses his job and his wife runs off with another man. Doyle makes a living with his father, Maurice (Hugh ... Full Article
Movie Review
ew.com –
2002-12-20
Evelyn
christianitytoday.com –
2002-12-19
Evelyn , the new film by Bruce Beresford, follows a father's desperate battle with the Irish government and the Catholic Church. Desmond Doyle (Pearce Brosnan) is an unemployed widower who must find a way to win back his children, which... ... Full Article

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