Drama

Evelyn

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

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.

Release Date : 2002-09-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CineEvelynIrish Dreamtime

Production Country : IrelandUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Desmond Doyle

Original Name : Pierce Brosnan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nick Barron

Original Name : Aidan Quinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bernadette Beattie

Original Name : Julianna Margulies

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael Beattie

Original Name : Stephen Rea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Original Name : John Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evelyn Doyle

Original Name : Sophie Vavasseur

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thomas Connolly

Original Name : Alan Bates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dermot Doyle

Original Name : Niall Beagan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maurice Doyle

Original Name : Hugh McDonagh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlotte Doyle

Original Name : Mairead Devlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Doyle

Original Name : Frank Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Daisley

Original Name : Clare Mullen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Logan

Original Name : Alvaro Lucchesi

Gender : Male

Character Name : District Judge

Original Name : Garrett Keogh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brother Eustace

Original Name : Daithi O'Suilleabhain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sister Brigid

Original Name : Andrea Irvine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sister Theresa

Original Name : Marian Quinn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sister Felicity

Original Name : Karen Ardiff

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father O'Malley

Original Name : Bosco Hogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fergal

Original Name : Des Braiden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Sorcha Herlihy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annette Farrell

Original Name : Lauren Carpenter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lauren

Original Name : Lauren O'Connell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Musician

Original Name : Hugh Grogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pub Musician

Original Name : Peter Fowl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Gilhooly

Original Name : Gail Fitzpatrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gamekeeper

Original Name : Pat McGrath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister of Education

Original Name : Mark Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Ferris

Original Name : Conor Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Hall

Original Name : Eamon Rohan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice McLaughlin

Original Name : Alan Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hugh Canning

Original Name : Brian McGrath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Honest Joe O'Leary

Original Name : Mick Nolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Irish Times Reporter

Original Name : Luke Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Lynch

Original Name : Don Foley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Daley

Original Name : Bill Golding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slippery Sam

Original Name : Sally

Gender : Male

Character Name : Children's Court Usher (uncredited)

Original Name : Stuart Clark

Gender : Male

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-06-23

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 when he loses his job. She takes off and, unlike what usually happens here in the good old USA, she leaves the kids behind, the children’s grandmother is so unimpressed with him she turns him in to the Society for the protection of children, who promptly take his children away. Again, in this country grandma probably would have tried for custody herself. Irish law says that if the mother isn’t dead, he needs her permission to get the children back. You can guess the rest. It is a tad sentimental and weirdly religious, highlighting both a mean nun but also showing a daughter absorbing the nun’s teachings which helps their case. But Julianna Marguiles is also very good, so turn a blind eye to the soppy story and Its predictability, and let the fine acting roll over you.