105 mins |
Rated
M (Offensive language)
Directed by Sir Richard Eyre
Starring Andrew Havill, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead, Stanley Tucci, Emma Thompson
As her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam (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.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
"Thompson and Whitehead shine, and director Richard Eyre has crafted a highly textured, respectable film about grown-up issues." -San Francisco Chronicle
""The Children Act" feels utterly of a piece with the original book: urbane, understated, handsomely realized and impeccably interpreted by a cast of superb actors." -Washington Post
"Emma Thompson's portrait of a family court judge who lets the world in at the cost of losing her own judgment is acting of the highest order." -Rolling Stones
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As her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam (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.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
"Thompson and Whitehead shine, and director Richard Eyre has crafted a highly textured, respectable film about grown-up issues." -San Francisco Chronicle
""The Children Act" feels utterly of a piece with the original book: urbane, understated, handsomely realized and impeccably interpreted by a cast of superb actors." -Washington Post
"Emma Thompson's portrait of a family court judge who lets the world in at the cost of losing her own judgment is acting of the highest order." -Rolling Stones