"Brooklyn" is sort of a boy meets girl film, but a pleasant one.
When searching for the opinion of others I read a very negative review. However it turned out that this review was written from an ideologically rather biased point of view. The film was bad because it contained no bad men, an unemancipated girl and a lucky couple.
Maybe the girl is somewhat old fashioned according to today's eyes, but don't forget the film is situated in the 50's. And the girl Eilis may be somewhat timid, Saoirse Ronan (the actress playing her, what a beautiful Celtic name) is certainly not. In both "Ladybird" (2017) and "Little women" (2019), both films of Greta Gerwig, she does play emancipated women.
The strong point of "Brooklyn" is that the feel good emotion of the "boy meets girl" aspect is blended very well with the bitter sweet emotion of homesickness. Because of the death of her sister Eilis has to go home to Ireland and has to make the decision to leave for America twice. Not an easy decision!
Homesickness permeates also the life of immigrants in Brooklyn, every nationality having his own clubs and events. Eilis meets her boyfriend on an Irish evening. What does an Italian boy do on an Irish evening she asks him. I like the Irish girls is his answer, and he is right. Look at the scene in which Eilis is on the boat to America and waves goodby. Look at the girl next to her, what a gorgeous redhead!
The soundtrack is full of beautiful Irish folk music. I thought i heard music of The Gloaming but I couldn't find them at first in the listing. I did find Iarla Ó Lionáird howver, which is the lead singer of The Gloaming.
When searching for the opinion of others I read a very negative review. However it turned out that this review was written from an ideologically rather biased point of view. The film was bad because it contained no bad men, an unemancipated girl and a lucky couple.
Maybe the girl is somewhat old fashioned according to today's eyes, but don't forget the film is situated in the 50's. And the girl Eilis may be somewhat timid, Saoirse Ronan (the actress playing her, what a beautiful Celtic name) is certainly not. In both "Ladybird" (2017) and "Little women" (2019), both films of Greta Gerwig, she does play emancipated women.
The strong point of "Brooklyn" is that the feel good emotion of the "boy meets girl" aspect is blended very well with the bitter sweet emotion of homesickness. Because of the death of her sister Eilis has to go home to Ireland and has to make the decision to leave for America twice. Not an easy decision!
Homesickness permeates also the life of immigrants in Brooklyn, every nationality having his own clubs and events. Eilis meets her boyfriend on an Irish evening. What does an Italian boy do on an Irish evening she asks him. I like the Irish girls is his answer, and he is right. Look at the scene in which Eilis is on the boat to America and waves goodby. Look at the girl next to her, what a gorgeous redhead!
The soundtrack is full of beautiful Irish folk music. I thought i heard music of The Gloaming but I couldn't find them at first in the listing. I did find Iarla Ó Lionáird howver, which is the lead singer of The Gloaming.