Brooklyn
Brooklyn starring Saoirse Ronan is a romance drama staged back to the early 50's when an Irish immigrant is carried away by the intoxicating charm of love, but now she is in a dilemma as she has to choose when her past begins to hunt her new vivacity.
October 20, 1970 in England, UK
30 May 1955, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
8 March 1984, Galway, Ireland
19 October 1990, Canada
27 April 1968, Faial, Açores, Portugal
30 December 1986, Montréal, Québec, Canada
12 May 1983, Dublin, Ireland
24 April 1954, Montréal, Québec, Canada
December 19, 2016
Brooklyn is one of the best films ever made about leaving one's homeland in search of a better life, and forging a new path. [Full review in Japanese]
November 24, 2015
With compassion, a touch of melancholy and a sense of wonder, Brooklyn reveals the profound truths in a simple, familiar story, ending on a note that's achingly bittersweet, no matter where you're from.
November 19, 2015
Ronan, in every scene of the film, creates a reserved young woman who seems to mature before our eyes, quietly revealing Eilis' open, yearning heart.
October 14, 2016
Simple, sublime perfection.
February 28, 2017
Based on Colm Toibin's novel, and starring Saoirse Ronan as an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, this genial drama about leaving home welcomes you in.
December 31, 2015
I could have hung out with everyone in Brooklyn for hours: It's a world you won't want to leave.
November 24, 2015
It's a witty, dreamy love letter to independence and self-discovery - no matter where you call home.
February 24, 2017
Starring Saoirse Ronan in a career-defining role (even more so than her first Academy Award-nominated performance in 2007's Atonement), it may just be among the finer historical period pieces in recent memory.
July 19, 2016
Brooklyn is heart-warming, funny, and thought-provoking. It also looks just ravishing.
November 20, 2015
Fans of the novel, of which I'm one, may find the film sweeter and more romantic than Toibin's original conception.
August 04, 2016
Crowley's unpretentious drama has a sensitivity for its protagonist's emotional journey that's richly rewarding throughout.
November 20, 2015
Although not without moments of sadness and tragedy, Brooklyn is sublimely uplifting and life affirming.
