'The Children Act' Review: Emma Thompson Grapples with Conscience in Sluggish Legal Drama - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

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'The Children Act' Review: Emma Thompson Grapples with Conscience in Sluggish Legal Drama
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
If Emma Thompson can't make “The Children Act,” a drama about a family-court judge conflicted over her own decisions and the precarious state of her own family, into something interesting and meaningful, then no one can. And she can't. Screenwriter Ian ...