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Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
As vivid as many scenes are, there are just as many that seem taken directly out of the Cute Irish Movie notebook.
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50
There was a fine family drama to be made here, but what we get instead is too sweet to swallow.
60
Soggy and predictable screenplay.
63
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Despite its treacly sentimentality, predictability and gutless evasiveness about the power of the church in 1950s Ireland, Evelyn manages to be an enjoyable piece of family entertainment.
60
While Brosnan, an Irishman by birth, lays it on bit thick, his performance is surprisingly effective.
30
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Every other line is a coy Oirishism, and Brosnan, despite being Irish, isn't any more convincing than twinkly-eyed barmaid Julianna Margulies.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Told with the frank simplicity of a classic well-made picture, it tells its story, nothing more, nothing less, with no fancy stuff. We relax as if we've found a good movie on cable. Story is everything here.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker
It's crowd-pleasing stuff, to be sure.
50
May be a weightless picture, but it's hardly torture to sit through. Just watch out for those angel rays.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Doesn't overdo it on the 1950s period charm -- lots of tweed, old cars and bikes, great woolly sweaters and painted rowhouses -- and the performances never get out of hand, even when the plot does.