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Brooklyn
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John Crowley
(2015)
107min
12A Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Dave Aldridge
Saoirse Ronan, star of
Atonement
and
Hanna
, impressively comes of age in this sweet, crowd-pleasing tale of a woman torn between two worlds. Adapted by Nick Hornby (
About a Boy
) from the novel by Colm Tóibín, it's set in the austere 1950s, with Ronan playing a small-town Irish girl who relocates to Brooklyn, New York. Surviving both acute homesickness and the jibes of other girls in her digs (run by a comically excellent Julie Walters), Ronan eventually finds romance with an Italian-American (Emory Cohen). But then there's a tragedy back home and she is torn, not only between new and old worlds, but also between two loves - Cohen and eligible bachelor Domhnall Gleeson.
Brooklyn
is the sort of film that you slip warmly and comfortably into like a well-worn pair of slippers. It breaks no bounds, offers no edges. But it's a hugely likeable piece of old-fashioned entertainment from
Boy A
director John Crowley that will have old softies everywhere shedding tears of joy and sadness.
Summary
An Irish woman living with her mother in the 1950s decides to make a fresh start in America. She makes her home in New York, and falls in love. However, her past catches up with her when she receives bad news from Ireland, and faces a harsh choice between her two homes. Drama based on Colm Toibin's novel, starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters.
Cast & Crew
Eilis Lacey
Saoirse Ronan
Jim Farrell
Domhnall Gleeson
Tony
Emory Cohen
Mrs Kehoe
Julie Walters
Father Flood
Jim Broadbent
Patty
Emily Bett Rickards
Maurizio
Michael Zegen
Sheila
Nora-Jane Noone
Mr Fiorello
Paulino Nunes
Miss Kelly
Brid Brennan
Director
John Crowley
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Lionsgate
Guidance:
Swearing
Available on:
DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
6 Nov 2015
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