Release Date: September 14, 2018 Director: Richard Eyre Producer: Duncan Kenworthy Studio: Entertainment One Starring: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Ben Chaplin, Jason Watkins, Anthony Calf, Dominic Carter, Rosie Cavaliero Genre: Drama Running Time: 105 minutes
Monday, September 24, 2018 3:53:56 AM | (Age Not Specified)
What makes us want to live, or die? The Children Act is a portrait of the clash of the Legal vs Spiritual realms trying to resolve the everyday issues of Human Morality. This is a very intelligent and thought-provoking movie. Emma Thompson's acting is incredible and deserving an Oscar nomination. Fionn Whitehead and Stanley Tucci give outstanding acting as well. One of the best movies of the year so far. A great film!
Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:29:29 PM | (Age Not Specified)
This movie was very good for its acting. Emma Thompson was in great form. The point to this movie had to do with the judge learning something about herself through a connection made with a dying teenager. Her rigid behaviour may have served her career but not her personal life.
Saturday, September 15, 2018 4:57:14 PM | (Age Not Specified)
I expected a court procedural about two challenging cases, each perhaps affecting the outcome of the other, but that's not what this story is about. In fact the conjoined twins case was only mentioned in passing at the start and never alluded to again. It's an interesting but rather slow observation of the interaction between the judge and the youth and the judge and her husband but not the intellectual legal drama I was looking forward to. There were too many close ups of Emma Thompson's facial affectations which I found somewhat distracting.