History Film / Philomena

* BitchAlert: Sister Hildegard, though the word bitch is actually a bit tame for her

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Or at least to be called out on past jerkassery for Sister Hildegard.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Martin's arguments with Philomena about the Catholic Church aren't always conducted with great sensitivity on his part, but its hard to say his conclusions are wrong.

* SinisterMinister: Sister Hildegard is a fury inducing example.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Sister Hildegard has serious health problems in her old age and gets called out by Martin for her actions, but the other nuns who ran the laundries and lied to Philomena and Michael, Philomena's unseen father who abandoned and disowned her. and Martin's boss who encourages him to exploit Philomena's grief are all unpunished.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Martins arguments with Philomena about the Catholic Church aren't always conducted with great sensitivity on his part, but its hard to say his conclusions are wrong.

''Philomena'' is a 2013 film [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the true story]] of Philomena Lee, a young woman in 1950s Ireland who becomes pregnant and is sent to one of the infamous Magdalene Laundries. Her child is forcibly adopted aged two. She remains silent until her son's fiftieth birthday.

* BitchAlert: Sister Hildegard though the word bitch is actually a bit tame for her
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The younger Nuns appear to be very nice to Philomena but are still knowingly hiding information about her son from her]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Martin develops a lot more compassion for Philomena as the story goes on
* CloudCuckoolander: Philomena
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Or at least to be called out on past jerkassery for Sister Hildegard

* JerkAss: [[DaEditor Martin's editor;]] She doesn't express much interest in the story itself, but cares about how Martin can extract as much pathos as possible from it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Martins arguments with Philomena about the Catholic Church aren't always conducted with great sensitivity on his part but its hard to say his conclusions are wrong.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Sister Hildegard has serious health problems in her old age and gets called out by Martin for her actions but the other nuns who ran the laundries and lied to Philomena and Michael, Philomena's unseen father who abandoned and disowned her and Martins boss who encourages him to exploit Philomena's grief are all unpunished]]
* KindHeartedSimpleton: Martin sees Philomena this way at least at first but she's more wise than he gives her credit for

* MinorMajorCharacter: Anthony

* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Philomena, and every other woman or girl, in the laundries were a victim of this kind of double standard. They are treated barbarically while the men they have sex with are rarely blamed at all.
* OddCouple - A great deal of the humour comes from this: Martin is an Oxford educated journalist, while Philomena is a retired nurse who likes to read romance novels.
* OutOfFocus - Philomena's daughter takes an important role in the early scenes of the film but then isn't seen on screen again.
* PrecisionFStrike: Martin's exclamation of "Fucking Catholics!". And when Philomena stops at a small backwoods church to confess her sins she calls him a "Feckin' idiot!".

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Philomena to Martin and Martin to Sister Hildegard
* SinisterMinister - Sister Hildegard is a fury inducing example.

Enter Martin Sixsmith, a journalist and former spin doctor who has been sacked. Philomena's daughter, only just learning of her mother's secret past, tries to get Martin to take on what he dismissively calls " a human interest story". However, he accepts, somewhat grudgingly, and he and Philomena go on an OddCouple road trip round Ireland and America, trying to find the location of Philomena's Anthony.

''Philomena'' is a 2013 film [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the true story]] of Philomena Lee, a young women in 1950s Ireland who becomes pregnant and is sent to one of the infamous Magdalene Laundries. Her child is forcibly adopted aged two. She remains silent until her son's fiftieth birthday.

* OddCouple - A great deal of the humour comes from this: Martin is an Oxbridge educated journalist, while Philomena is a retired nurse who likes to read romance novels.

* FishOutOfWater: Philomena in First Class and at a 5 Star Hotel. And Martin at the Harvester Pub when meeting Philomena and her daughter for the first time.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Martins arguments with Philomena about the Catholic aren't always conducted with great sensitivity on his part but its hard to say his conclusions are wrong

* JerkAss: Martin's boss

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseforJerkassery: Or at least to be called out on past jerkassery for Sister Hildegard

* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Martin

* PrecisionFStrike: Martin's exclamation of "Fucking Catholics!" when Philomena stops at a small backwoods church to confess her sins.

* FishOutOfWater: Philomena in First Class and at a 5 Star Hotel
* JerkAss: Martins boss

* StoicWoobie

* FishoutofWater: Philomena in First Class and at a 5 Star Hotel

* BitchinSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The younger Nuns appear to be very nice to Philomena but are still knowingly hiding information about her son from her]]

* DisabilityasanExcuseforJerkassery: Or at least to be called out on past jerkassery for Sister Hildegard

* JerkassHasaPoint: Martins arguments with Philomena about the Catholic aren't always conducted with great sensitivity on his part but its hard to say his conclusions are wrong
* JerkwithaHeartofGold: Martin

* SinisterMinister - Sister Hildegard is a fury inducing example.

''Philomena'' is a 2013 [[based on a true story BasedOnATrueStory]]