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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Composer Alexandre Desplat, actor/writer Steve Coogan, producer Tracey Seaward, writer Jeff Pope, actress Sophie Kennedy Clark, producer Gabrielle Tana, Philomena Lee and her daughter Jane Libberton attend a ‘Philomena’ special screening and Q
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Composer Alexandre Desplat, actor/writer Steve Coogan, producer Tracey Seaward, writer Jeff Pope, actress Sophie Kennedy Clark, producer Gabrielle Tana, Philomena Lee and her daughter Jane Libberton attend a ‘Philomena’ special screening and Q /

No. 44 – Philomena  (2013)

Written by: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (film)/Martin Sixsmith (novel)

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan

Judi Dench is, most likely, a top ten person of all-time, and I don’t really care to hear a rebuttal to that. Go ahead, think of three things you don’t like about Judi Dench. You can’t. Furthermore, Philomena only makes this list because of Judi Dench’s Academy Award nominated performance in it, as she is absolutely captivating.

Philomena tells the story of a British journalist (Coogan) who, after losing his job, decides to help an elderly woman find her long-lost son who she was forced to give up by her convent fifty years prior. As Philomena and Sixsmith, the journalist, venture across both the UK and U. S., what he ultimately finds in Philomena’s past is a longing to meet her son that had been kept at bay for decades, and is also a fulfilling experience for him as well.

Although Steve Coogan holds his own in a more non-traditional role for his career, this is Judi Dench’s court the entire time. She’s basically the old, white, British version of the 2016 NBA Finals Lebron James for two straight hours, coming up in the clutch whenever the movie needs to nail some of it’s most triumphant and heartbreaking moments.