Brooklyn (2015) is at its heart a romantic drama. The story’s dramatic tension stems entirely from Eilis Lacey’s (Saoirse Ronan) romantic experiences, and in that sense, it is a completely traditional romance. However, this primary romantic…
John Crowley’s Brooklyn (2015) is an old-fashioned romance that glows through Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen’s performances, Nick Hornby’s screenplay, and John Crowley’s direction. But much of the literal glow, as well as the figurative, is…
Since the release of Brooklyn (2015), the consensus has been glowing in terms of the film’s loyalty to the Colm Tóibín novel. In an interview with The Washington Post, the book’s author himself said of the film, “There’s….an…
In Brooklyn (2015), Saoirse Ronan plays Ellis Lacey, a young Irish girl in the 1950s who immigrates to New York, where she falls in love with a sweet Italian-American plumber, Tony. After a family tragedy, Ellis is forced to choose between the…
1. Producer Finola Dwyer and Director John Crowley talk about how they related to the story in Brooklyn (2015). Finola Dwyer: “I read the book and loved it, my mother went from Dublin to New Zealand in 1951 after marrying my father in Dublin,…