As her marriage to Jack Faye (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Dame Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam Henry (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.... (Full plot summary below)
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As her marriage to Jack Faye (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Dame Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam Henry (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.
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| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisThompson and Whitehead shine, and director Richard Eyre has crafted a highly textured, respectable film about grown-up issues. |
| Film ThreatTiffany TchobanianThe Children Act is a masterpiece from beginning to end and it should not be missed. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereTwo time Oscar winner Thompson shines in smart, sophisticated Ian McEwan-based drama. |
| RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyThe Children Act is perhaps a bit stilted in the overt way it sometimes attempts to spell out its arguments. But director Richard Eyre’s film still poses sophisticated questions around family, religion, marriage, law and the delicate boundaries that can or cannot be crossed in each institution. |
| Solzy at the MoviesDanielle SolzmanWith a stellar performance from Emma Thompson, The Children Act tells a moving story of a judge who must decide on life or death. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamThe Children Act leaves you not only wanting more, but ready to binge it. |
| TheDivaReview.comDiva VelezTHE CHILDREN ACT is a masterful, compelling study of intricate nuances of passion and abstention; of the heartbreak of chances not taken, and kindred souls that cannot meet. Embrace this film for the joy of a perfect Emma Thompson performance. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA towering performance by Emma Thompson as a British high court judge confronted by a complicated case and her own domestic challenges. |
| Malibu TimesDiane PershingIt moves with deliberation and rich dialog, many silences, and thoroughly captures the surface charm and inner struggle for disengagement of Judge Maye. |
| The Movie CricketSean P. MeansEyre and McEwan sometimes move so subtly, so calmly, that it's not until the movie's end that the full emotional impact of The Children Act is felt. When it hits, though, it packs a hard punch. |
