Film Details

Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci star in this new adaptation of Ian (Atonement) McEwan’s 2014 novel. Thompson plays a workaholic London judge in an arid marriage. She is asked to rule in the case of a 17-year-old boy with leukemia who has religious objections to getting a blood transfusion that might save his life. Though she neglects her husband, she is mindful of the Children Act of 1989, which holds that the welfare of the child should be paramount in all cases. “The Children Act is that rarest of things: an adult drama, written and interpreted with a sensitivity to mature human concerns.” –Variety. DCP. 105 min.