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Taliesin Jones (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 5
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements and brief language
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release:Feb 1, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: For 12 year old, TALIESIN JONES (JEAN-PAUL MACLEOD), life on a Welsh hill farm is full of uncertainty. His Mum (GERALDINE JAMES) leaves home and Taliesin is left behind with his distracted father... For 12 year old, TALIESIN JONES (JEAN-PAUL MACLEOD), life on a Welsh hill farm is full of uncertainty. His Mum (GERALDINE JAMES) leaves home and Taliesin is left behind with his distracted father (JONATHAN PRYCE), his sullen brother (MATTHEW RHYS) and his own quest for answers. After seeing his elderly, piano teacher Billy Evans (IAN BANNEN) perform a miracle, Taliesin is inspired in his search for answers to life's biggest questions, for he needs a miracle of his own. Billy strikes a deal with Taliesin: if he continues to practice the piano, he will give him the key to miracles. Belief comes with a price and will change his life forever. -- © 2002 Impact Entertainment [More]
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Ian Bannen, Griff Rhys Jones, Geraldine James
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Ian Bannen, Griff Rhys Jones, Geraldine James
Director: Martin Duffy
Director: Martin Duffy
Studio: Impact Entertainment
Reviews for Taliesin Jones
Certainly warm-hearted and well-intentioned...but its eagerness to be uplifting is ultimately more calculated than inspiring, and its message is more than a little muddled.
A sweet, tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls, who learns that believing in something does matter.
Screenwriter Maureen Tilyou, director Martin Duffy and an extremely competent cast handle the controversial aspects of the topic in an even-handed manner.
too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize, and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay.
A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow.
Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin, sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies.
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