Since it has premiered at TIFF, we would have a lot of reviews/reactons. I think it would be best to start a thread with
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Saoirse Ronan
mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 09:25 PM)
Since it has premiered at TIFF, we would have a lot of reviews/reactons. I think it would be best to start a thread with those, so that the other thread won't become too long and can still post news on Broolyn.
Bringing some of the reactions/Reviews from Brooklyn thread
Scastagnoli posted these reactions
Gregory Ellwood @TheGregoryE 43m43 minutes ago
Caught Brooklyn today at #TIFF for the 1st time since the world prem at Sundance. What a movie. My original review: http://fw.to/AoyGszO
Amanda Petrovic @YourHomeAmanda 51m51 minutes ago
Brooklyn - a beautiful period piece about finding love and home. Thx @thelindaoleary Great night! #TIFF
C Brannon Donoghue @Courtney_BD 1h1 hour ago
Brooklyn was so lovely from costumes to love story between the leads. And Saoirse Ronan is a delight! #outiff15 #tiff
Orlando Maldonado @omaldonado2 54m54 minutes ago
#TIFF15: Brooklyn is a beautiful representation of love while dealing with the hardships of being far from home. Saoirse Ronan excels.
saoirse ronan news @saoirsenews 19m19 minutes ago
"Standing ovation for Saoirse Ronan's incredible performance in #Brooklyn. #TIFF15" https://instagram.com/p/7l7gMQxp3f/
Anna Bee @abee17 24m24 minutes ago
@saoirse_ronan you were brilliantly poignant, brave and strong in #Brooklyn #TIFF15 bravo!
Janna @kissoffools 32m32 minutes ago
Brooklyn: sweet, relatable story about family and home and love. Some
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mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 09:26 PM)
Also this review was posted by Scastagnoli
Brooklyn (Live From Toronto International Film Festival)
9/12/2015 0 Comments
by Philip Price
Brooklyn is gorgeous and moving and all things warm and fuzzy without ever devolving into a Hallmark Channel original. From the moment the film opens on a doe-eyed and innocent Saoirse Ronan working feverishly in a convenience shop in the early 1950s I was hooked by the effortless quality of the inviting atmosphere director John Crowley establishes. Even when a character as horrible as Ronan's prickly boss is present she can't dampen the mood of the eternally vibrant tone that radiates off this thing like a campfire in early fall. This immediate sense of safe familiarity allows for the rather objective-less story adapted from Colm Toibin's novel by Nick Hornby to feel all the more profound and affecting as it unravels. While nothing that happens in Brooklyn will make you think too critically or give you a sense of accomplishmen5b4t it is more a relaxing and comforting experience of a movie. It exists simply to make you feel something. Whether that something is overly sentimental or not will depend on your own mentality, but for the sake of my gullible and rather naive mind it was a perfectly cooked and plated dessert that made me feel cozy to the point of almost feeling gluttonous. Brooklyn gives and gives and never fails to keep you in line with its simple narrative and somewhat complex emotional roller coaster that is complimented by its ability to paint it's scenarios as simply as it can. Cheers to simplicity, to pleasantries and to being sappy; sometimes, it's all you need.
The year is 1952 and Eilis Lacey (Ronan) is a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through her new life in Brooklyn. After her beloved older sister, Rose (Fionna Glascott), writes a letter to a friend and priest (Jim Broadbent) Rose is able to secure a boarding house and a job for Eilis to take once she arrives. This is all for the sake of the promise of America and a better life. There is no opportunity for a promising girl like Eilis in Ireland and so she departs the comfort of her mothers (Jane Brennan) home for the unknown shores of New York City. While the innocent and naive Eilis is initially ravaged by homesickness she comes to acclimate herself well to her surroundings, in her new job and by taking night classes at a local college that she breezes through. So111con after arriving Eilis also meets Tony (Emory Cohen) and her homesickness begins to diminish as this fresh romance with the attractive and charming Italian sweeps her off her feet. Naturally, all cannot continue to get better from here or we would have no movie, but as sure as the sun sets Eilis' happiness is quickly interrupted by her past, forcing her to return to her homeland. Upon returning Eilis is heavily coaxed by her mother and best friend, Nancy (Eileen O'Higgins), to fall into a relationship with the available and sought after Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson). Given she now has a certificate from a college in bookkeeping Eilis is also able to secure a good job in her small hometown, but while she is charmed by the thought of returning to the life she always thought she wanted she knows she will have to choose between two countries and the potential lives that exist within each.
It is easy to spot. The idea or message of the movie, that is. Home is where you make it, where your heart is or whatever other glib saying one could come up with to quickly summarize such sentiments. Why then, is a movie that aspires to profess little more than this greeting card saying so charming and rapturous? Well, that would be because everything about the film seems to have been dealt with in such genuine care and emotion. The attention to detail is evident whether it be in the intentionally warm lighting that gives off the comfort level of being tucked under ten layers of covers on a snowy day no matter if a scene takes place at the fancy department store where Eilis works or outside on a snowy winter night, the small touches of hilarity that are the exchanges between the head of the boarding house, Mrs. Kehoe (Julie Walters), and her string of girls that stay with her or even the period costumes that emit such color and diversity you could easily pick up on any one characters mood even if they weren't conveying it themselves. Beyond being well cared for, director Crowley conveys the natural emotion that comes from the story in such convincing and effective ways that it is almost impossible to not become caught up in the tragedy and dilemmas that face our protagonist. In a sense, this is a perfectly composed film in that it hits its major first, second and third act points in natural succession and moves along briskly while consistently ramping up the audiences interest level into how such drama will come to a resolution. The film is completely traditional and offers nothing new in the way of directorial prowess or interesting ideas to the -
Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 09:38 PM)
Arthur Kade @ArthurKade 2h2 hours ago
Saoirse Ronan is unbelievable in #Brooklyn and will receive a second Oscar nomination for Best Actress for it
^Host of Behind The Velvet Rope with Arthur Kade
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mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 07:21 AM)
Right now he is getting alot of buzz, so we will see. It is possible, just have to wait until some nominations for guilds, press etc are given out and see if she wins a few.
Scott's Feiberg also said this
Scott Feinberg @ScottFeinberg 8h8 hours ago
By the way, I know it's still early in the fest, but I suspect BROOKLYN is going to win TIFF's People's Choice Award. You?
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 09:01 AM)
It looks really good right now mysteryfan with the exception of a very few dissenters. Thanks for finding more reviews. I'll be away from my Mac for most of the day, so hopefully you guys can keep everything updated.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 09:15 AM)
Before I head out, I'd like to post one more
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Every once in a while, a movie at the festival comes out of nowhere. Brooklyn wasnt originally on my5b4 radar but I t made it part of my schedule when I heard all of the positive buzz. Brooklyn, based on the novel of the same name by Colm Toibin, tells the story of young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (Ronan), who moves to Brooklyn in the 50s. Its a story about growing up, love and loss and finding your own independence.
Brooklyn hit me harder than anticipated. Its proudly old-fashioned and graceful, but packs a punch throughout that will play with your emotions (see also: I cried throughout the entire movie). Toibins screenplay adapted by author Nick Hornby, who also adapted last years Wild is supberb and elevated by the wonderful cast. Emory Cohen plays Tony, Laceys love interest and they have bountiful chemistry that is enchanting. While Cohen is solid,
its Ronan who knocks it out of the park in one of the years best performances.
Posted on September 14, 2015 by Jordan Appugliesi
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zorrodvd — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 07:42 AM)
2015 looks like it will be one of the most competitive in the Best Actress category for many years. Hopefully Saoirse's immaculate portrayal will make the final five, probably alongside Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Alicia Vikander, and possibly either Marion Cotillard or Brie Larson.
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mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 07:26 AM)
The crew did mini reviews for different movies. Here is Broolyn's.
Brooklyn
You can't take your eyes off Saoirse Ronan's luminous and expressive face, which is in almost every scene of Brooklyn, in which she stars as Eilis Lacey, a young Irish woman encouraged to leave home and make a new life in the U.S. Her journey through homesickness, love (with the charming Emory Cohen as her Italian-American boyfriend) and return home to her mother is beautiful to experience and look at. On paper, this sounds like a movie you've seen a thousand times, but it's no stodgy period piece. With a funny and touching script by Nick Hornby, beautiful acting and directing, Brooklyn is a joy to visit. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Ilana Banks, producer.
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mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 07:55 AM)
TIFF Review: Brooklyn
by Danita Steinberg | Sep 12, 2015
Brooklyn is about a young woman moving to New York City from Ireland in the early 1950s. The film follows her as she slowly recovers from homesickness and begins to flourish into her new life in America.
As a period piece, Brooklyn is stunning. The costumes, especially, are drool worthy. The entire movie is classic storytelling at its finest. That being said, while Brooklyn couldve easily played out like a story weve seen a thousand times before, it goes above and beyond the tropes of the genre. It is less of a sweeping love story, and more of an extremely personal coming of age story. Its an empowering story of a young woman making her own choices for her own life.
At the films core is its star, Saoirse Ronan who plays Eilis. Brooklyn would not be the film it is without her stellar performance. Shes magnetic and endlessly watchable.
Brooklyn will absolutely sweep you off your feet from start to finish. It is everything anyone would ever want in a movie. Brooklyn is exactly the kind of movie we go to the theatres to see.
Is Brooklyn essential festival viewing?
If youre going to see any of the bigger Hollywood fare, make sure this is on your list. It is perfection.
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jlent — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 12:37 PM)
A rundown of critcs:
What are the reviews of 'Brooklyn' saying about Saoirse Ronan's early Oscar buzz?
Brooklyn, the new film based on the Colm Tibn novel of the same name, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday, with the reviews adding more fuel to the fire of Irish star Saoirse Ronans Oscar buzz.
The film, which tells the story of a young Irishwomans emigration to New York in the 1950s, also stars Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, and Julie Walters, working off a script by English writer Nick Hornby and directed by Intermission helmer John Crowley.
Todays reviews of the film have been overwhelmingly positive, with many critics singling out Ronan as a frontrunner for a Best Actressnod, to add to her 2007 nomination for Best Supporting Actressfor Atonement, as we head into Oscar season.
In The Telegraph, critic Tim Robey writes that in taking on the role of Eilis, Ronan produces easily her most mature performance, and she steps up to the occasion with b68captivating sensitivity. The whole shape of Eiliss life feels somehow up to the young actress playing her, which is exactly as it should be.
The The New York Post review describes Ronans work as an awards-calibre performance, while Eye for Film applauded the Irish actress for giving her role the space to breathe and transform from someone smart but timid into a more worldly decision-maker.
On RogerEbert.com, critic Susan Wloszczyna enjoyed the film, though warned that its romantic plot means it could easily become your grandmothers favourite movie of the year. But Ronan was singled out for lifting the movie up with her ability to deploy her expressive features with aplomb while relaying her characters inner journey.
But The Mary Sue, a feminist pop culture blog, was glowing in its praise of the entire film, saying: Along with Ronans lovely, contained performance (saying it is one of her best so far is saying a lot of an actress who has already been so good), and excellent support from the cast, the script is really remarkable and stands out as one of the very best of year.
Brooklyn will be released in cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic on November 6th, and you can watch the trailer below
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DCI77 — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 12:44 PM)
On RogerEbert.com, critic Susan Wloszczyna enjoyed the film, though warned that its romantic plot means it could easily become your grandmothers favourite movie of the year.
Who cares, Wloszcyna. If that means more popularity when it comes to BO receipts, and a strong WOM, then I'd give all the grandmas a high-five.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 02:57 PM)
As you're aware, I enjoy reading all the reviews I'm able to find whether written by established critics or obscure bloggers. I've found like two or three unfavorable and one who didn't care for the central performance.
My retort to those very few who aren't crazy about the movie is filmmakers don't have to reinvent the wheel to make an excellent film. It doesn't have to be especially creative or something relatively new (if there is such a thing).
What matters is the expert execution of the material hopefully based upon a very good script. The story is straightforward without a villain or intense conflict, but according to the reviews, it reaches people emotionally without being saccharine. -
mysteryfan — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 06:40 PM)
TIFF 2015: Exhilarating Drama 'Brooklyn' Is the Quintessential Immigrant Tale
Anyone whose grandparents or great-grandparents (or great-great-grandparents, etc) immigrated from Europe in the early or mid-20th century will feel a special connection to Brooklyn, a swoon-inducing romantic drama that debuted with limited screenings yet major acclaim at Sundance and is racking up more fans this week at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film encapsulates the immigrant experience as a whole, and tells one helluva heartstring-tugging love story in the process.
The always magnetic Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Hanna) finally gets to flex her natural Irish brogue as Eilis Lacey, a mild-mannered shop clerk in the quiet seaside County Wexford who, with the help of the church, gets the opportunity to live in the United States. Eilis leaves her mother and sister behind, and crosses the Atlantic on a lonely and seasickness-filled journey.
Her new life doesnt get any easier back on land; shes homesick and lonesome, and not compatible with the gossipy roomates she shares a Brooklyn brownstone with under the watchful eye of the whimsical Mrs. Kehoe (Julie Walters). She lives for letters from her sister, and slogs through days working behind the counter at a department store and nights studying bookkeeping.
Brooklyn gets off to a slow start, admittedly, but that all changes once Eilis meets Tony (the perfectly cast Emory Cohen), a sweet and charming Italian-American plumber who shows up at her church dances admitting that he likes Irish girls. The chemistry between Eilis and Tony (as well as Ronan and Cohen) is immediate, and their connection deep. Theyre two lost souls with the chance to be soulmates.
Its at this point where the heartsting-tugging, eye-watering, and full-on verklemptness kicks in, and amazingly, at least for this viewer, didnt relent for the movies final hour. Their relationship isnt just pure. Ronan and Cohen click so well that it feels akin to watch someone close in your life finally finding their match.
Of course, it wouldnt make for a great movie if it were that easy, and some events we wont spoil here send Eilis back to Ireland where she gets caught up with an equally 5b4as worthy suitor from her hometown, the quietly alluring Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson). Before, we know it, its a will-she-or-wont-she scenario, and it only drives the drama to greater heights.
The film is directed by Irish director John Crowley, who gave us the great-if-underseen indies Intermission and Boy A. Its his most personal work to date, and many stateside viewers should feel a deeply personal connection with it, especially those of us whose ancestors of different ethnicities in The Great Melting Pot that is America.
Brooklyn is one of the best films weve seen about the immigration experience yet.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 15, 2015 07:47 AM)
My Film Journal
Brooklyn
With todays headlines filled with stories of mass migrations of people from Libya pouring into Europe, leaving their homelands to find a better life, we would do well to remember the story of our own ancestors who once faced similar journeys and prospects when they came to America by the boatful from their ancestral lands in Europe.
Based on the award winning historical novel by Irish author Colm Tibn, Brooklyn is director John Crowleys beautifully told, if traditionally staged epic film adaptation of this captivating coming-of-age tale that follows a journey across the sea to a new world.
Brooklyn focuses on an Irish girl in her early twenties, Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), who lives with her widowed mother and older sister in the town of Enniscorthy, Ireland. At a time when work is extremely scars, Eilis grows frustrated with her prospects in this s2000mall town existence and the mentality of its folk, especially the young men who all dress the same and just want to get drunk.
Visually, the production is sparing and conservatively filmed but well researched and beautifully costumed with 50s fashion. The real strength of the film though is in its powerful heartfelt performances and tightly focused story of Eilis Lacey, exquisitely performed by Saoirse Ronan from Hanna (2011), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
Encouraged by her sister and a local Catholic priest who has sponsored her and arranged for a job waiting for her, Eilis reluctantly agrees to venture out and board a boat headed for New York City, leaving behind the only family she has. After a difficult journey she arrives in a strange new land of modern ideas and a large community of Irish workers.
While staying in a boarding house for Irish women, she starts working for a high-end department store as a sales clerk but becomes increasingly unhappy and homesick until she meets a charming young Italian-American plumber who is totally taken with her. Their relationship grows as she takes night classes to become an accountant, when she gets devastating news from back home that forces her to return.
What she finds upon returning to her hometown in Ireland is that she is treated differently now. Having grown into a woman from abroad she now has many more prospects than she did before but some things have not changed. Eilis must now make a life changing decision that will determine her future happiness and identity.
The film delves into strong themes of letting go of our past and embracing the uncertain future. Poignant themes of identity are touched upon and the struggles we face when torn between two places and two communities, and the frightening prospect of deciding where we belong and what we want.
Deciding between our responsibility to ancestral family or the excitement and possibilities of a new modern life, Eilis predicament is universally relatable and will tug at the heartstrings. As many of our own ancestors must have done, she must make the difficult decision to return to her old life and family in Ireland for good or embrace a new one in an exciting but uncertain new world far away across the sea.
Brooklyn is an emotionally satisfying straight forward old fashioned romantic film that manages to leave a lasting impression without any fancy editing or camera effects. A must see.
JP
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(September 15, 2015 09:45 AM)
Yes, I thought it was apparent from its debut at Sundance that the reviews were going in a very positive direction. I'm hoping we see more filter out before the next batch when the film screens at the New York Film Festival beginning on 7 October.