Felicia's Journey

1999

Felicia's Journey

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Total Count: 41

71%

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A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Felicia's Journey, writer/director Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks a serial killer. Hilditch has murdered several young women, but he has no conscious awareness of the crimes; like Felicia, he doesn't see his true self. Anchored by the stunning performances of Hoskins and Cassidy, Felicia's Journey is a story of innocence lost and regained: Felicia awakens to the world's dangers and duplicities; and Hilditch, who grew up lonely and unloved, comes to realize what was taken from him, and what he himself has taken.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (for mature thematic elements and related disturbing images)
  • Genre:
    Drama, Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By:
    Atom Egoyan
  • Written By:
    Atom Egoyan
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Artisan Pictures

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Cast

Bob Hoskins
as Joseph Hilditch
Arsinée Khanjian
as Gala
Elaine Cassidy
as Felicia
Sheila Reid
as Iris
Nizwar Karanj
as Sidney
Peter McDonald
as Johnny Lysaght
Gerard McSorley
as Felicia's Father
Brid Brennan
as Mrs. Lysaght
Claire Benedict
as Miss Calligary
Danny Turner
as Young Hilditch
Maire Stafford
as Felicia's Great Grandmother
Ali Yassine
as Customs Officer
Kriss Dosanjh
as Salesman
Gavin Kelty
as Shay Mulroone
Mark Hadfield
as Television Director
Susan Parry
as Salome
Jean Marlow
as Old Woman
Sidney Cole
as Ethiopian
Barry McGovern
as Gatherer
Sandra Voe
as Jumble Sale Woman
Leila Hoffman
as Bag Lady
Bob Mason
as Jimmy
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Audience Reviews for Felicia's Journey

  • Apr 13, 2010
    Creepy and fascinating especially the Bob Hoskins character. He is a lonely man who is a professinal cook and a serial killer. There is also the Elaine Cassidy character who found out that she is pregnant and goes to Ireland to find her bf (who left to go find work) since he is the one responsible for getting her pregnant. Hilditch(Hoskins) and Felicia(Cassidy) meet unexpectedly and this is where Atom Egoyan goes into his fav filmmaking trademark. Exploring themes of isolated, alienated charcters dealing with loss, grief, guilt, despair and a non linear story arc. The last scene of the film felt a slight disappointing but I still felt this picture is p work from Atom Egoyan. After Egoyan's "Exotica", and "The Sweet Hereafter", "Felicia's Journey" imo is a near masterpiece.
    Brian R Super Reviewer
  • Jan 05, 2010
    Ah yes. My good friend Atom Egoyan. He may ignore me in the streets but this was the period of time when he was coming up with some very rewarding films. No comment about the time before or time after. Where is Elaine Cassidy after this? She was great here as was Bob Hoskins playing counter to his usual role.
    John B Super Reviewer
  • Dec 15, 2007
    Even with Bob Hoskins as a calculating psychopath Atom Egoyan manages to make this into a total snooze fest.
    Derek W Super Reviewer
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