FRIDAY FILM BEAT: Philomena

Based on a powerful true story and led by note-perfect performances from Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, Philomena offers a profoundly affecting drama for adult filmgoers of all ages. OK so Steve Coogan wasn't as funny in that movie as his signature character Alan Partridge, but it was still worth watching. It clearly deserves the positive reviews it has so far received - on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 92% based on reviews from 164 critics, and at Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 76 based on 41 reviews. This is clearly one you guys need to see.