Fresh
This drama about a shocking reality from recent history balances a light touch with searing intensity and a sense of moral outrage.
David Rooney, Variety
The Magdalene Sisters
In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.
2002 · 1h 59m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Peter Mullan
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The Magdalene Sisters
Overview
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
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91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Grimly believable.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The Magdalene Sisters has the force of an alarm being sounded.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Why was this film made after the homes had already been abolished? One reason, hardly trifling, is that it was made excellently. Thematically, however, it stings.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
Will make you furious and dejected, but in the end it offers an optimistic if unsettling twist.
Kathy Cano Murillo, Arizona Republic
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