Brooklyn

BROOKLYN (2015)

directed by John Crowley

[filmography: "True Detective" (2015), Boy A (2007)]

adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby [screenwriter of Wild (2014) & An Education (2009); author of About a Boy (2002) & High Fidelity (2000)

starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent & Julie Walters

ENJOYMENT: **** (out of 4)

"The best romance story in years; beautiful & philosophically enthralling"

Brooklyn is about an Irish immigrant, Eilis, who leaves her home and moves to America after WWII in the search for more opportunity. In Brooklyn, Eilis falls in love with a boy, finds a job and builds a good life for herself, but after events bring her back to Ireland she begins to question which country is home. Brooklyn is in an impeccably-told story by a novice director and veteran screenwriter, brilliantly acted by Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), and beautifully shot and edited. For a romantic film, it is incredibly original and philosophically rich and is one of my favorites of the year.