Brooklyn

Schlocky and sentimental, but I don't give a damn. Saoirse Roman is absolutely magnificent in this loving and lovely movie, and her romance is one of the more believable ones I've seen on film, despite (or perhaps because of) its almost oppressive perfection. It manages to be really funny and really romantic and really sad and overall just really wonderful. The movie equivalent to chicken soup and ice cream, nothing really to make your mind stretch but it nourishes the soul deeply. I cried quite a few times, and I'm not really a crier. In the end, it was impressive just how deeply I cared about every character on the screen despite its brief (but beautifully paced) runtime. I can unhesitatingly recommend this to anybody with a heart; you will be moved.

Anybody else see this yet? I would really recommend seeing it.

Nothing can redeem him from that performance (nothing!), but he was excellent, very charming.

I love Brooklyn. I live in Williamsburg....come join me!

I remember seeing the trailer for it and thinking that it just looked hokey and dull. But I saw that Nick Hornby did the screenplay and I was intrigued. Then I read some of the reviews and was even more intrigued. Finally saw it last night and what a wonderful surprise it turned out to be. What could have been an eye-rolling bore was actually beautifully realized thanks to a smart script, tasteful direction and a finely selected cast led by a beautifully subtle and strong Ronan. This movie really shouldn't be as good as it is. But damn it, it is WONDERFUL.

I enjoyed it and thought all the supporting roles were good as well.

Colm Toibin is one of my fave writers and while I wouldn't put Brooklyn above some of his short fiction or The Master I am really looking forward to the adaptation. When it finally opens here. Glowing reviews the only dissenter seems to be The New Yorker who found the recreation of the setting too sanitized - at least that seemed to be their big complaint.

Cohen? He will charm your socks off. It's a sweet, wonderful performance, with even a strange little nod to Brando (I swear that's what it is) at times. His Tony is in no small part why the film works seemingly so effortlessly. It's impossible not to root for him from his entrance. They are a winning couple, their chemistry is presented with a very different lexicon and style than we're accustomed to in screen romance. It's a throwback that is still rendered with few words and yet many connections. Ronan is just perfect, from first frame to last. She is blessed with a face for film, and here more than any other movie she is front and center, and luminous. And a subjective observation: the film has two immigration point-of-entry scenes that wring earned tears, all the more because it's 2015 and the very concept of immigration has been reduced to shame and posturing.

The film will be called overrated, the closer we get to the peak in awards season. But it's so unassuming, trying to be nothing more than what it is. It's small but not without eloquence and depth.

Updated On: 11/26/15 at 08:19 PM

Saw it today and thoroughly enjoyed it. IMBD says the ending is different from the one I'm the book..Wonder what it was

Not much of a difference. The real reason it might not have been shot in Brooklyn was probably it was much cheaper in Canada.

Saw this yesterday along with Spotlight. Charming movie. Saoirse Ronan has grown to be quite a beautiful girl.