Philomena is a fine little movie that has somehow been classified as a great movie worthy of Best Picture and Best Actress (Judy Dench –
Notes on a Scandal, Shakespeare In Love) nominations. In my opinion, neither are deserving. This movie, though only 1 hour 38 minutes, never felt super slow, but it still did feel long. I think that had to do with the story not winning me over. In a year where there were many decent movies but not many great ones,
Philomena will not be remembered. I think when people go back and remember 2013, the list isn’t very deep. People will remember
12 Years A Slave,
Gravity, and possibly
Frozen (I’m not an animated movie type of guy, so I won’t see this movie, but I understand how great others think it is).
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