The Children Act at Town Hall Cinemas
The Children Act
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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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
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
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
The Children Act
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
