Brooklyn - 2015 - Film
Brooklyn, is a story of a girl who has a choice to make. Doesn't sound interesting? Well that choice includes, two countries, two men and one with the last of her family.
Brooklyn tells the tale of an Irish immigrant who travels to New York for a better life. Her sister, Rose, arranges everything for her wanting to give her the best chance she can. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) finds herself home-sick, missing her sister the most and in a strange city. However, she finds comfort attending Irish dances and living in a boarding house with other Irish girls while in a strange city. Then comes along love number one, Tony, an Italian New Yorker who sweeps her off her feet. The home-sickness fades and Eilis finds herself happy in the strange city. Tragedy strikes back in Ireland forcing her to travel back to the family she has left. While back in Ireland we have love number two come into the picture. After a brief stint of indecisiveness her choice is practically made for her.
Despite this being a love story, it was good to see a struggle that many have gone through. If you've ever moved country, if you've ever loved more than one person, if you've ever struggled with a choice so much it causes you physical pain - this film has it all. It's not too sad that you sit there crying, but it is emotional and tugs on your heart strings.
Saoirse Ronan, gave an absolutely stunning performance. A little jealous that she is in fact my age and here she is giving a performance that even the best actresses would be proud of. I think it probably helped her that she could be herself a bit more, she didn't have to worry about her accent. She was looser than I she was when she was in The Host for instance.
Julie Walters (Mrs. Kehoe) provided some comic relief in the boarding house dinner scenes. It was also nice to see some camaraderie amongst the girls who lived together. It's not often that happens when you have six girls living under the same roof.
I liked that the film stuck to it's 1950's routes. The outfits and the way they all acted kept true to the lifestyle. The performances were amazing from everyone not just Saoirse but hers was definitely one that will keep in my mind for a while.
The one bad thing I will say is that I would have liked to see more of love interest number two. Without spoiling too much, there wasn't much here and I think this could have been given more substance.
8/10
I really enjoyed this film. It had something special about it that makes you think about it when you leave. There is love, loss, choices and laughter. What more could you want from a film?
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