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Overview
Release Date:
21 March 2003 (UK) moreTagline:
The story of a father's love that changed a nationPlot:
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Mammas Can Sing! (From New York Post. 9 July 2008, 11:46 PM, PDT)
Brosnan To Sing With Streep In Mamma Mia! (From WENN. 7 March 2007)
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An emotional mess..not the movie, ME! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophie Vavasseur | ... | Evelyn Doyle | |
| Niall Beagan | ... | Dermot Doyle | |
| Hugh McDonagh | ... | Maurice Doyle (as Hugh Macdonagh) | |
| Pierce Brosnan | ... | Desmond Doyle | |
| Mairead Devlin | ... | Charlotte Doyle | |
| Frank Kelly | ... | Henry Doyle | |
| Claire Mullan | ... | Mrs. Daisley | |
| Alvaro Lucchesi | ... | Inspector Logan | |
| Garrett Keogh | ... | District Judge | |
| Daithi O'Suilleabhain | ... | Brother Eustace (as Daithi O'Suillebhain) | |
| Andrea Irvine | ... | Sister Brigid | |
| Marian Quinn | ... | Sister Theresa | |
| Karen Ardiff | ... | Sister Felicity | |
| Julianna Margulies | ... | Bernadette Beattie | |
| Bosco Hogan | ... | Father O'Malley |
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Rated PG for thematic material and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
94 min | USA:95 min (TV version)Language:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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When Doyle and his legal team walk through Christchurch in Dublin, a block of modern late 1990's apartments are clearly visible in the background through the trees. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Dermot Doyle: Evelyn, did Jesus have a big sister?
Evelyn Doyle: No Dermot, he wasn't as lucky as you.
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Possibly you're a cynic and think the blarney is laid on too abundantly in this movie. Or you might be calling it "O'Kramer vs. O'Kramer" and this isn't too sappy and predictable to be taken seriously. Well, guess what, it is, and I loved every minute.
Pierce Brosnan, who I used to consider a cardboard cut-out of an actor, plays Desmond Doyle. He's fantastic as a father whose daughter and two sons are removed from their home by the government after their Mother ( in this case, the term can be used in the biological sense only) abandons the family. This being Ireland in the 1950s, there was a law that stated the government can intervene when one parent is found to be insufficient. Desmond has to quit drinking, deal with the death of his father, find a lawyer and rarely see his kids.
Its all okay at the end, and I have to mention that I hope the children's Mother and a certain Sister Bridget have the thankless job of eating ---- in hell for all eternity.
Worth mentioning from the cast is Alan Bates, a hard-drinking consultant to Doyle's case, and his wishes to hear (or not hear) a 'however' from the judges were hilarious.
I had a small problem with the fact that the Mother was not on trial, literally, because it was her abandonment of her family that led to them being separated.
Anyway, its a terrific movie. 8/10.