This, along with Nebraska and The Invisible Woman, makes a trio of laid back, downright gentle films that have come along lately and while each of them was rewarding, Philomena stood out with its heart-rending story and wonderful script.Steve Coogan plays a world-weary journalist who - because he's got nothing else going on - decides to pursue the human interest story of Judy Dench, an Irish Catholic who's young child was sold by the nuns from the convent in which she was forced to live as a single, pregnant woman. That story leads the two to track down her son who has grown up in the USA.
It's funny, touching, and an enjoyable movie that reminds us what a great writer Steve Coogan is, and how dirty the Catholic church can be when it puts its mind to it.
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