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The Magdalene Sisters (2003)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:129
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: A typical women-in-prision film made untypical because it's based on real events.
Theatrical Release:Aug 1, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $4,685,516
Synopsis: Peter Mullen's shocking drama THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on real events that took place in Ireland from the 1960s until 1996 when an estimated 30,000 young women, considered by their families... [More]
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Dorothy Duffy, Anne-Marie Duff, Eileen Walsh
Director: Peter Mullan
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Reviews for The Magdalene Sisters
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The movie is an indictment of systems that perpetuate oppression and exploitation by making the administrators believe their every cruel act is justified and by compelling complicity in victims and bystanders. Full Review |
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This drama about a shocking reality from recent history balances a light touch with searing intensity and a sense of moral outrage. Full Review |
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A damning indictment of the Catholic Church that lingers in the mind long after if ends. Angry, compassionate but never hysterical, this a true cinematic achievement. Full Review |
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Grimly believable. Full Review |
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This is a riveting piece of drama about a forgotten slice of history, no matter what the esteemed movie critics at the Vatican say about it. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A deliberately provocative film that triggers the audience's emotions in order to highlight important issues of personal freedom. Amen to that. Full Review |
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You may never look at a nun the same way again. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
The Magdalene Sisters isn't perfect, but it sheds light on a story that needed to be told. Full Review |
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Mullan has made a vicious and relentless film, but his outrage is well-earned. Full Review |
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Mullan has done an expert job of creating a harrowing atmosphere without pulling punches or excluding a sharp sense of humor without slipping into bad taste. Full Review |
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Seething with moral outrage...If Mullan sins, it’s that his anger gets the better of him. He sacrifices dramatic flow on the altar of polemics. Full Review |
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7/10 |
...a powerful, dramatic, moving, dark, and depressing experience. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Its mode is that of 'a story that needs to be told,' lest we forget the marginalized lessons of history... worth seeing at least once. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A gut-wrenching expose of the mistreatment of young Irish women at the hands of men, the government and the Catholic Church. Full Review |
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Bracing and potent, though the film's stylistic polish is sometimes tonally counterintuitive Full Review |
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3/4 |
A harrowing indictment of the atrocities performed in the name of organized religion. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Beautifully directed and acted, Mullen's movie seems to be made with the same purpose as last year's Bloody Sunday, that of atonement and catharsis. Full Review |
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Um filme forte e relevante. Full Review |
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Very good cinematically and it uncovers terrible injustices, but journalistically, it shoots itself in the foot. Full Review |
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