Oranges and Sunshine
Drama, History
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2010
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The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
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Details
Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
8 Oct 2010
Country:
AU, GB, US, BE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,500,000
Revenue:
$5,017,653
Awards:
10 wins & 21 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The sincerity of feeling is unmistakable. So's the flat-footedness of the writing.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
3 Nov 2011
fresh:
Emily Watson, who always brings a special grace to the screen, gives a multilayered performance to the role of Margaret Humphreys, who not only puts her own family dynamic at risk but finds herself physically threatened.
– Leba Hertz,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Oct 2011
rotten:
The result is a problem drama with more problem than drama.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
27 Oct 2011
fresh:
Emily Watson, a delicate English rose, has never seemed more sturdy than here.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
27 Oct 2011
fresh:
The most powerful sequences in the movie are the linked vignettes involving Margaret and the various grown-up children whom she attempts to help in their search for -- what, exactly? Closure? Catharsis?
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Oct 2011