Philomena

Dame Judi Dench and Zombie Judi Dench

I finally saw Philomena a few weeks ago. It had everything; nuns, Irish people, old ladies, gays, politics, and its core, an odd couple who learn and grown from each other.

It's fun to see someone as worldly as Dame Judi Dench play a working class woman, but you never get the feeling that she's slumming or just putting on an act. She gives a really beautiful, nuanced performance, and of course she handles the brogue flawlessly. 

Something happened when I drew her. I was a little heavy handed trying to age her, and she started to look like a zombie. I did manage to tone it down in Photoshop, but I have to admit I kind of like Zombie Judi Dench.