Emma Thompson delivers one of her finest performances in this powerful legal drama.
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“It’s always rewarding to watch Thompson bring her lucid wit and deep emotional reserves to bear on a meaty role.”
– Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“It’s worth seeing precisely for the heat of the arguments that you can enjoy after the screening and, above all, for Emma Thompson.”
– Anthony Lane, New Yorker
“A soulful and sophisticated adult drama that peers into the void between the beauty of ideals and the cost of living by them.”
– David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“The two central performances could hardly be better. Thompson works here with remarkable subtlety.”
– Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
“A marvelous performance from Emma Thompson.”
– Peter Debruge, Variety
Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, The Children Act stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson in a riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British High Court judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage boy.
At issue whether to order a blood transfusion on the boy (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead), a Jehovah’s Witness who, just months short of his eighteenth birthday, is refusing on religious grounds the procedure that would save his life.
Adapted by Ian McEwan from his own novel, and directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal; Iris), The Children Act is a deeply affecting portrait of strength, devotion, and love, with the incomparable Emma Thompson giving one of the very best performances of her career. (A24)
