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The sincerity of feeling is unmistakable. So's the flat-footedness of the writing.
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
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Oranges and Sunshine
Overview
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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71%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
The result is a problem drama with more problem than drama.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Emily Watson, a delicate English rose, has never seemed more sturdy than here.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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
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