Synopsis
Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital where he's been confined.
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Cast
- Evanna LynchEmily
- Michael SmileyRobert
- George WebsterArden
- Deirdre MullinsEmily's Mother
- Cathy BeltonGreasy Haired Teacher
- Martin McCannSwimming Teacher
- Barry McGovernDr. Golding
- Stella McCuskerGranny
- Declan ConlonArden's father
- Dónall Ó HéalaiYoung Policeman
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
My Name Is Emily gets lighter as it goes along, releasing tension and pretension for a pleasant, routine ride. - 63
Movie Nation
The winsome Lynch, narrating her story and irresistibly (to Auden) poker-faced in her dealings with the outside world, makes a heroine worth knowing and following to the ends of Ireland, with or without a wand. - 60
The New York Times
It’s a sometimes rocky road cinematically, slipping from enchanting to trite, magical to indulgent with some regularity. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
While its narrative elements threaten at times to descend from whimsical into hopelessly twee, My Name Is Emily ultimately finds a proper, if not particularly compelling, balance. - 50
Variety
the film thrums with an urgency that’s both asset and liability, at once invested with deep feeling and undone by a barrage of flashbacks, allusions, and counterintuitive bits of wisdom. - 50
RogerEbert.com
The best thing about Emily is that she’s played by Evanna Lynch. Lynch, who played the charmingly abstracted Luna Lovegood in some of the Harry Potter pictures, has grown into a young woman who looks like a rougher-edged Saoirse Ronan.
