Evelyn Critic Reviews

It's full of good heart, and you can't help but like its unequivocal sentimentality.Read the full review

The star plays Doyle as just rough enough around the edges to warrant the character's setbacks, but not so unpleasant that the twinkle in his eye is extinguished.Read the full review

A surprising, entirely beguiling little film.Read the full review

Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws.Read the full review

Told with the frank simplicity of a classic well-made picture, it tells its story, nothing more, nothing less, with no fancy stuff. We relax as if we've found a good movie on cable. Story is everything here.Read the full review

A shamelessly uplifting motion picture that attains its feel-good status by forging a deep emotional connection between the undertrodden protagonist and the audience.Read the full review

Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, and Alan Bates play Desmond's legal eagles, and when joined by Brosnan, the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty Irish settings is a pleasant enough thing, 'tis.Read the full review

A simple, sentimental family drama for the holidays, Evelyn, alas, is also predictable and schematic.Read the full review

As vivid as many scenes are, there are just as many that seem taken directly out of the Cute Irish Movie notebook.Read the full review