{"id":225,"date":"2014-06-20T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2024-04-14T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T21:04:15","slug":"philomena-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"Philomena-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Philomena-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Stephen Frears<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1330\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293789-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70293789\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293789-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293789.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 20, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled to see anything starring Judi Dench (although don\u2019t get me started on my disdain of Shakespeare in Love from 1998).<\/p>\n<p>I could listen to her read the phone book as she has that voice that soothes and makes one content.<\/p>\n<p>Philomena (2013) is thankfully a starring role for Ms. Dench after supporting turns in the James Bond films as M.<\/p>\n<p>She plays a woman in search of her son who was taken from her by the Catholic Church fifty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I respect a film that challenges an institution, especially if it is based on a true story.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her wonderful performance, the film is quite layered with a few twists and turns thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>Dench\u2019s self-titled character begins an adventure, along with an author talking into championing her cause, to find the whereabouts of her child.<\/p>\n<p>It raises important questions about faith, religion, and the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>It will leave you pondering after the credits roll.<\/p>\n<p>The main draw is Judi Dench who is so simplistic yet effective in her performances.<\/p>\n<p>Well done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Actress-Judi Dench, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philomena-2013 Director Stephen Frears Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan Scott&#8217;s Review #50 Reviewed June 20, 2014 Grade: A- I am thrilled to see anything starring Judi Dench (although don\u2019t get me started on my disdain of Shakespeare in Love from 1998). I could listen to her read the phone book as she has that voice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=225\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Philomena-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,192,41,211,685,4226,1686,4225],"tags":[76,193,73,212,690,4228,1690,4227],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-judi-dench","category-mare-winningham","category-stephen-frears","category-steve-coogan","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-dramas-2","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-dramas","tag-judi-dench","tag-mare-winningham","tag-stephen-frears","tag-steve-coogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20127,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/20127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}