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The Magdalene Sisters

2002

Peter Mullan

Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy ...

7.3

6,026

Drama The Magdalene Asylums in Ireland were run by the Sisters of Mercy on behalf of the Catholic Church. Young girls were sent there by families or orphanages and once there, were imprisoned and sent to work in the laundries where they could atone for their sins. Their sins varied from being an unmarried mother to being too pretty or too ugly or simple minded or too clever or being a victim of rape and talking about it. And for their sins ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"'The Magdalene Sisters' more than fulfills the promise of Mr. Mullan's audacious feature film debut"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A harrowing look at institutional cruelty, perpetrated by the Catholic Church in Ireland (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This extraordinary film is celluloid incendiarism, rabble-rousing cinema with a delirious, delicious edge of black comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Anthony Quinn The Independent	"[There are] scenes and moments that Mullan nails with a real director's confidence"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Morrison Empire	"A deliberately provocative film that triggers the audience's emotions in order to highlight important issues of personal freedom. Amen to that (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Geraldine McEwan is fiercely magnificent as Sister Bridget (...) The film gets to you; it's a powerhouse (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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