I was hesitant to watch this movie and not in the mood to watch a heavy drama. To my surprise it was amazing. No forced drama and it was actually to my great surprise a lot of fun to watch. This movie was faster and more fun and more thrilling that Amazing Spider-Man 2!

Emotonial story great movie but not the best in this kind of movies!

Just watched on Showtime Anytime :D

Philomena Lee's character is endearing y Julie Dench's performance is fascinating. It was a sad story, but melancholically well told.

I watched this film primarily as a fan of Steve Coogan and went into it completely blind. I don't know exactly what I was expecting, but I think it's fair to say that I wasn't expecting this. I didn't know it was based on a true story, and I certainly wasn't familiar with that true story beforehand. As such, it was able to surprise me on more than one occasion with the stranger-than-fiction details of its tragic story. Judi Dench's central performance is excellent, successfully capturing the emotions and contradictions of Philomena, as well as the light hearted quirkiness of an out of touch elderly Irish woman. Steve Coogan doesn't disappoint either, still injecting plenty of the sarcasm and wit that we know and love, but at the same time hitting his mark during the more serious beats of the film.