
Ireland, early 1950s. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) is a young woman working in a grocery shop. She has greater ambitions and moves to Brooklyn, New York, leaving her mother and sister, Rose (Fiona Glascott), behind. She is terribly homesick but eventually settles down, finding a job, studying to be a bookkeeper and meeting a nice young Italian man, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen). Things are going well, but then she learns that Rose has died, and decides to return to Ireland, temp... (Full plot summary below)
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Ireland, early 1950s. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) is a young woman working in a grocery shop. She has greater ambitions and moves to Brooklyn, New York, leaving her mother and sister, Rose (Fiona Glascott), behind. She is terribly homesick but eventually settles down, finding a job, studying to be a bookkeeper and meeting a nice young Italian man, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen). Things are going well, but then she learns that Rose has died, and decides to return to Ireland, temporarily. She and Tony hastily get married, and then she sets off back to Ireland, alone. Life is about to get complicated.
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| Sunday Times (UK)Edward PorterBased 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. |
| Reel ReviewsFrank WilkinsNot only significant as a smartly written piece of social and historical commentary, but it's also just a great, well-crafted movie that warms the heart and is a lot of fun to watch. |
| CinemaDopeGlenn LovellIf there is a more uplifting film making the rounds, I'm not aware of it ... Conditioned by so many misanthropic melodramas, we assume, cynically, that the worst will befall Ronan. When this doesn't happen, we're pleasantly surprised, touched. |
| Film InternationalElias SavadaI can't spot a single thing wrong withBrooklyn. An Oscar-caliber package; start betting on victory for Ronan, at the least. Heart-warming, light-hearted, and perfectly poised. Simple. Beautiful. Lovely. |
| MLive.comJohn SerbaScreenwriter Nick Hornby and director John Crowley join star Saoirse Ronan in creating a united front against the clichés of romance, comedy and coming-of-age tropes. |
| Lyles' Movie FilesJeffrey LylesMovies this charming don't come around nearly often enough as they should but it helps make gems like Brooklyn shine all the brighter. |
| The Virginian-PilotMal VincentBrooklyn is escapist entertainment that also is full of depth and turmoil. As such, it is a rare find in movie theaters nowadays. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim LaneExpertly directed by John Crowley and adapted (equally well) by Nick Hornby from Colm Toibin's novel, this is one of the smallest, most intimate and best movies of the year, with an aching suspense that bigger, brasher movies can only dream of. |
| ReviewExpress.comDiana SaengerTouching and one of the year's best films |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussRonan emerges here as the quietest spellbinder in movies. She is in every scene, and she is so appealing that Eilis becomes every viewer's ideal: an ideal daughter, sister, employee, girlfriend and confidante. |