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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
117 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce BeresfordDirector
- Paul PenderWriter
- Stephen EndelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pierce BrosnanDesmond Doyle
- Aidan QuinnNick Barron
- Julianna MarguliesBernadette Beattie
- Stephen ReaMichael Beattie
- John LynchSenior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- Sophie VavasseurEvelyn Doyle
- Alan BatesThomas Connolly
- Niall BeaganDermot Doyle
- Hugh McDonaghMaurice Doyle
- Mairead DevlinCharlotte Doyle
- Frank KellyHenry Doyle
- Clare MullenMrs. Daisley