Philomena 7/10
Philomena
is a good movie. Thanks for reading! I'm kidding. Shut up. I didn't
have a strong desire to see this because I couldn't quite figure out
what it was about and was too lazy to read a synopsis. From the
poster it appeared to be a strange buddy comedy about a guy and an
older lady. It wasn't. While there are some funny parts you won't be
slapping yourself on the knee cracking up. This is based off of a
true story and stars Judi Dench as Philomena and Steve Coogan as
Martin Sixsmith.
Philomena
is shown as a young woman living in Ireland who after getting her
groove on with a guy she met gets pregnant. The nuns who she is
staying with don't take too kindly to this. She gives birth to a baby
boy who she and the other girls who have had kids get to see once a
week for an hour in between doing hard labor at the convent to repay
the nuns for their generosity. As an older lady looking back at her
past she tells her daughter about her son that was taken away and
sold to a wealthy American couple. Her daughter in turn tells
disgraced journalist Martin about this tale.
