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Poetswan — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 08:26 AM)
Well, i finally watched Brooklyn,
through a leaked screener, i know i should've waited, but i just couldnt
, here are my toughts:
Well, as it was expected, i absolutely loved it!! The whole story felt so real, because of the amazing way Nick Hornby formulated the dialogue, the characters and the relationships. Lost of perfect close-ups to show just how Ellis felt isolated both in her new and old life. Beautiful use of color, costumes and light, scenarios perfectly designed. Great use and no use of the musical score.The supporting cast was really good, I admired Georgina and her self assurance, i laughed with Ma Keough and her giddy boarding house girls, i felt in love with Tony and his devotion to Ellis, i was charmed by Jim, i cried with Rose and Ellis's mother, i despised Nettles Kelly and what a lovely priest Father Flood was. And most important, how terrific Saoirse was, incredibly perfomance! Everything the character was feeling, every tought, i could see it all on her face, but so subtle she was. There was genuily a moment were i felt like an invasor, because i knew so much about this characters toughts and feelings.
About some scenes
spoiler!
:- It was perfect how there was no music when Ellis tells her mother she is married, i think many directors would resort to music and make the scene more dramatic, but John pulls away from the melodrama and trusts every emotional bit to the actresses who do an amazing job conveying their characters emotions.
- I know there are quite some people who didn't like much of the confrontation scene between Ellis and Miss Kelly, but i tought it was great how Nick Hornby made it. First Ellis realizing the cons of being in Ireland, then telling Miss Kelly she is Ellis Fiorello and going away without doing one of those superficial and unnatural long speechs.
- The last scene has to be my favorite, i love how Ellis at first is almost ignoring the girl, that is so much like she was at the start of the movie, but then deciding to help her just like she was helped before. " you will feel so homesick that you will want to die"
Overall: I loved it!!!
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 08:55 AM)
I need to head out Poetswan, so if you respond I'll get back tonight. I have to say your post is beautifully written. I'm very glad you enjoyed the film, but promise me you'll see it on the big screen when give the chance in the near future. BTW, I felt the script was first rate as well. Oh, I didn't notice Tony in the dinner, but I was focused on Saoirse throughout and will look closely when I see the film again.
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Poetswan — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 09:00 AM)
Yes, yes, of course i will see on the Big screen, the first day i will be there. I forgot to mention that like the critics said , i really tought about the old Hollywood romances when watching Ellis and Tony, the way they loved and adored each other, did you tought about it too?
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(December 29, 2015 05:45 AM)
Ever since the debut of Brooklyn, the tweets have been outstanding with incredibly few negatives. Whether the film was playing at a festival or in general release, reactions could be found every day and night. Here are some more recent reactions to Brooklyn:
James Brunt @Brunt__James 3h3 hours ago
Even though Room was tremendous and I may or may not have weeped uncontrollably, Brooklyn is still my favorite film of the year.
Thomas James @thomas13james 4h4 hours ago
The best part of being nocturnal is being a film addict #MoviesForHours #np #Brooklyn
Caroline Bielskis @CarolineB88 7h7 hours ago
.#Brooklyn - beautiful film! Very good acting, sweet story, and I love the nice manners they had back then.
#SaoirseRonan
Welcome To New York @TwiHardMonster 7h7 hours ago
So Brooklyn is a very beautifully made, well done film!!! The cast is brilliant, I so hope #SaoirseRonan wins this year !!!!!!
Mark Ciarrocchi @CiarrocchiM 11h11 hours ago
After seeing the blockbusters at the theatre it was #brooklyn that won me over! Excellent film.
Lydia Hejka @lydiahejka 14h14 hours ago
Just saw the film Brooklynit was sweet/ funny/ sad (I only cried 3 times bc I'm #tough) and I hope it wins all the awards.[
Go see it.
Ben Trovato @CCFather 17h17 hours ago
Just been to see Brooklyn with the girls: good to see the Church portrayed so positively in a film. Good priests doing good work.
Bettye Rainwater @bettyerainwater 19h19 hours ago
A really nice movie. Water leaked out of my eyes from the first minute to the last watching Brooklyn (film) at
~Maria~ @OneStyleataTime 19h19 hours ago
Thanks @ImAlexMiranda for reading my comment! Glad you also enjoyed the film 'Brooklyn'. Worthy of top accolades this year. @HuffPostLive
wanggo gallaga @wanggo_g 21h21 hours ago
I loved Brooklyn. Soarsie Ronan has a magical screen presence. That film wasn't easy to pull off.
The killing levels were really high for me.
Nichola Vo @always_rambling 1d1 day ago
Brooklyn is an amazing film; I laughed, I cried and I felt all the emotions. Beautiful story played our exquisitely - I want to rematch!
Mario Leon @bembacolora Dec 27
Saw the film #Brooklyn tonight. Wow, that was good!
marilyngster @marilyngster Dec 27 Salt Lake City, UT
Brooklyn, a jewel of a film. Saw it today at the Broadway. @SaltLakeFilmSoc -
Steve7216 — 10 years ago(December 30, 2015 08:32 AM)
Golden Globe nominee Saoirse Ronan exceptional in 'Brooklyn'
December 30, 2015
Brooklyn, a thoroughly engaging new drama, is exactly the kind of film that Hollywood should make on a regular basis. Director John Crowley (Inte238rmission) and his talented cast tell the story of a young woman rediscovering herself in a land far from home. Its a simple and timeless story of love and family that really hits home.
The
amazing
Saoirse Ronan stars as Eilis, an Irish girl who cant find a career in her native Ireland. Thanks to a priest in America (Jim Broadbent), Eilis makes the long journey to New York where a new job and life await her. Unfortunately, her absence puts more pressure on her older sister Rose (Fiona Glascott), the only one at home caring for their motheb68r.
Homesick at first, Eilis settles in and meets an Italian boy named Tony (Emory Cohen). Their relationship changes the young girls perspective about life in America. Though she loves Brooklyn and her boyfriend, she still has her roots in Ireland and cannot ignore these.
In her career, Saoirse Ronan has accumulated an impressive list of credits, with Brooklyn being her finest performance to date. The 21-year-old actress appeared in critically-acclaimed pieces such as Atonement and science fiction fare like City of Ember and The Host. Her work in Brooklyn also has been honored with a Golden Globe nomination.
Ronan takes her character on a journey from quiet, obedient girl to confident young woman. She elicits tears and laughter from the audience while dealing with both seasickness and an aching heart. Her relationship with Tony feels authentic and real, especially when she has dinner with his family for the first time.
Julie Walters has less screen time than Ronan, but she makes quite an impression as Mrs. Kehoe, the woman who runs a Brooklyn boardinghouse for young women. As the no-nonsense landlady, Walters is as impressive here as she was in the Harry Potter franchise. She obviously admires and cares for her residents, but she wont brook any nonsense.
As the men who love Eilis, Domhnall Gleeson and Emory Cohen turn in fine performances as well. Cohen brings a good-hearted sensibility to Tony, the Brooklyn boy who adores the Irish immigrant and would do anything for her. Gleesons Jim Farrell represents home and a comfortable life back in Ireland, something Eilis finds very tempting.
Though it lacks expensive special effects and robots, Brooklyn is an exceptional movie and one that could represent itself quite well during awards season. More films should embrace this level of quality and storytelling.
Brooklyn, rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality and brief strong language, currently is playing in limited release.
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pmfg_pan — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 10:50 AM)
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jlent — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 05:24 AM)
And it's too bad the other guy couldn't pronounce her name, but he gets points for screwing it up three times with such conviction each time.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 09:31 AM)
The Examiner.com critics who are all over the country got together for their best in film. There are many categories, but here is one critics take on his favorite performance:
From: Brian Zitzelman:
Saoirse Ronan as Eilis in Brooklyn gets my nod. It is a performance of deceiving simplicity, with humor, tenderness and great grief laced into its heart. There was a lot of talk last year about Boyhood depicting a boy growing up and becoming a man literally in front of our eyes. Ronan manages to convey that feeling in two hours, even if she probably only physically aged a couple of months. The transformation of innocent, confused young woman to confident, proud adult is quite a feat to behold in Ronans capable hands.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 10:28 AM)
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 04:15 AM)
Brooklyn is now up to
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fresh out of 181 total reviews on RT. Enjoy it because one doesn't often see a 98% rated film with nearly 200 counted reviews. Here is a new one:
Brooklyn
Review by Robert Denerstein
published November 24, 2015
Eilis Lacey spends a good deal of Brooklyn, the movie derived from a 2009 novel by Colm Toibin, in a disoriented state. A girl from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Eilis travels to the U.S. in 1951 after her older sister Rose arranges for her to leave Ireland.
Eilis makes the trip, but it is not yet her journey. And thats the basis of a coming-of-age movie that embraces an old-fashioned style that files the roughest edges off its story, but allows its central performance to carry us along with it.
Brooklyn focuses on young Eilis, beautifully played by Saoirse Ronan, familiar to moviegoers from movies such Atonement, The Lovely Bones and Hanna.
Ronan inhabits her character so thoroughly, it seems as if were watching a flower break ground, stretch to meet the suns warmth and eventually bloom.
Without affectation or undue showiness,
Ronan manages to carry a movie that spans the distance between two very different worlds.
When Eilis arrives in the U.S., she takes up residence in a boarding house run by Mrs. Keough (Julie Walters), a good-hearted woman who also happens to have a dictatorial streak when it comes to the women who live in her home.
Gradually, Eilis begins to encounter the new life into which she has been thrust. Shes helped by a local priest who cares about her welfare and who is portrayed by Jim Broadbent without a trace of cynicism.
Eventually, Eilis lands a job as a clerk at a department store and begins studying accounting. She also meets Tony (Emory Cohen), a young Italian man who works as a plumber but who along with his bothers hopes to start a construction business that will relocate his family to Long Island.
As the story develops, Ronan begins to taste the freedom and sense of possibility that her sister (Fiona Glascott) so ardently wishes for her. She even learns to hold her own at the table with other women who board with Mrs. Keough.
Eventually, Eilis learns that Rose has passed away. Before Eilis returns to Ireland to comfort her grieving mother, Tony insists that they marry. He wants to make sure that shell come back to him.
Eilis agrees, but we dont know exactly how committed she is to this marriage; shes still living her sisters dream, not her own.
Back in Ireland, Eilis begins to see a side of life she never experienced while growing up.
Instead of the world narrowing, it suddenly seems to be opening. Not knowing that Eilis is married, one of the towns bachelors (Domhnall Gleeson) begins to pursue her. She lands a part-tida0me job, and comforts a mother who has known her share of grief.
Obviously, Eilis eventually must make up her mind about whether to remain in Ireland or return to the U.S. and resume the life that seemed to offer her so much.
Director John Crowley must have sensed that Ronan could keep the movie on track, so he supports her with nostalgic period design and allows the story to unfold without undue fuss. Nick Hornbys script is both economical and respectful of its characters.
Well-cast and nicely appointed, Brooklyn might be one of the least cynical movies of the year, an engagingly wide-eyed look at a world in which a young woman learns that she has something to say about the way her life will unfold.
The movies modesty and Ronans lovely performance make it a pleasure to watch.
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For 27 years, Robert Denerstein was the film critic at The Rocky Mountain News. Read more of Robert's reviews at Denerstein Unleashed. -
Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 05, 2016 05:50 PM)
Ariel Shavonne
@mermaidgal24
@davekarger
Can Saoirse Ronan win Best Actress?
1:23 PM - 5 Jan 2016
Dave Karger @davekarger 4h4 hours ago
@mermaidgal24
If Brooklyn has a strong showing overall, yes.
Wouldn't that be amazing?
mia farrowVerified account @MiaFarrow 12m12 minutes ago
Brooklyn the movie is wonderful. Eac2000h performance is true - and Saoirse Ronan is brilliant -
Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 04:37 AM)
This one is from RT:
Super Reviewer
Glenn G November 27, 2015
LUCKY CHARMED - My Review of BROOKLYN (4 1/2 Stars)
I'm not familiar with director John Crowley's previous work, but if the stellar, emotionally overpowering BROOKLYN is any indication, then he's definitely worth investigating. It doesn't hurt that Nick Hornby wrote the screenplay based on a book by Colm Tibn, as Hornby is no stranger to connecting with audiences via ABOUT A BOY, AN EDUCATION, and WILD.
It's also a huge bonus to have, without a doubt, one of the best young actresses of her (or any) generation in Saoirse Ronan (ATONEMENT, THE LOVELY BONES), who at 21 years old can not only carry a movie, but sweep you away with such quiet skill and subtlety. If anyone working today reminds me of a young Meryl Streep in looks and talent, it's her.
Mix all of that together to present an equal parts immigration and love story, and you get BROOKLYN, a simple, no-nonsense, old school tale that had me not just weeping, but straight up bawling for most of its running time. It may not be the best movie of the year, but it's hands down one of the best romances I've ever seen. Ronan plays Eilis, a young woman in a small Irish town who lives with her mother and sister. Wanting a better life than that of a whipping girl to the town Ogre's shop owner, Miss Kelly (a memorable Brid Brennan), Eilis gets a sponsored trip to America to start anew. Leaving her family behind presents the aching dramatic tension of this story, as well as her arduous trip across the ocean. On board, her bunkmate, a veteran of such crossings, teaches her how to properly assimilate into 1952 America.
Upon arrival, her sponsor, Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) finds her an upscale department store job and a boarding house run by Mrs. Kehoe (Julie Walters, who has a table pounding great time with her many quotable lines). MAD MEN's Jessica Par, in the snooty Parker Posey role as Eilis' new boss, manages to bring empathy to a somewhat bitchy role. Short on true Brooklyn atmosphere, the film, however, gets the emotions just right of a stranger in a strange land. Crowley knows how to use silence, glances, and breathing room in scenes to bring real feelings to the surface. Ellis is a strong yet observant character who can only contain her emotions for so long before they erupt, and I erupted right along with her. Cinematographer Yves Blanger, who kept his camera much more alive in WILD and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, tends towards visceral, sweeping grandeur here, and appropriately so. Whether it's the musty views of a dark Irish street at night or the technicolor splendor of a crowded Coney Island beach, this is dreamy perfection. Also of note is the spot-on costume design by Odile Dicks-Mireaux and the just-right production design by Franois Sguin. The pneumatic tubes in the department store are just one great detail we get to savor.
More joy comes in the form of Tony (a star making performance from Emory Cohen), an Italian plumber who meets Eilis when he crashes an Irish mixer. Their love story is what makes this movie soar beyond all expectations. I can't recall the last time I witnessed a film where the puppy love and unbridled adoration just oozes off the screen. Cohen's sparkling eyes tell the whole story of what falling in love looks like. To say this pair has chemistry is an understatement in all its whooshy, gooey, innocent splendor. These two characters simply love being together, and the considerate, present, gentle tone of Cohen's performance redefines "winning". When is the last time you saw a film where the male protagonist rushes to wait outside a girl's school just so he can escort her home? Or when his declaration of love is done with such delicacy? I don't know if I cried because I was alone and dateless when I saw this film, or if I knew I was witnessing something so rare and pure, but the courtship scenes hit me in the gut.
Of course complications get in the way of the relationship when unexpected events dictate Eilis' temporary (possibly permanent) return to Ireland. Here, we're treated to one heartbreaking scene after another, a pile-on many may find insufferable, but I found to be truthful. Virtually unable to escape her tribe whether in Ireland or her U.S. boarding house, Eilis finds herself at a crossroads.
More than a love story, BROOKLYN is about figuring out your identity in life. Through Ronan's perfectly calibrated performance, we see Eilis change bit by bit. Introducing her Irish friends to her new culture, she meets another kind, young man, Jim (Domhnall Gleeson) who may impact the tough decisions that lie ahead. Ronan, Cohen, and Gleeson know what movie they're making, all of whom are unafraid of the gentle vulnerability in the script and direction. A special mention must be made for James DiGiacomo, who plays Tony's little brother Frankie. Stealing every moment with hilarious Italian hand gestures and direct, succinct comic timing, DiGiacomo feels like the kind of perfor -
ajoyce212 — 10 years ago(January 27, 2016 07:18 PM)
Well count Howard Stern as another person who is enamored with Saoirse. Howard and Robin were discussing the upcoming Oscars and Howard said he loved "Brooklyn", thinks/wants Saoirse to win the best actress award, and said she is the next Meryl Streep. Pretty high praise, Also Robin said she "has been watching her for a while" and mentioned her role in The Lovely Bones. Howard had no idea how to pronounce her name and in classic Howard humor poked fun and tried a few different ways to pronounce said Sushi at one point.
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(January 28, 2016 03:05 AM)
I never would've expected to read a post title like this on Saoirse's board, but given the fact that he has a huge audience, the mention or two is great news because the film and her performance in particular was exposed to many more people.