Review of Brooklyn (2015) by Andreas M — 21 Jan 2016

First and foremost, Ronan is very solid in her Oscar-nominated lead performance. However, the film as a whole felt underwhelming for me. It starts with the promising premise of this girl struggling to accept love, and dealing with the hardships of being homesick and the overall struggle for immigrants in the '50's.

However, heading into the second and third acts, the film falls into a very routine, "I love him but I'm almost tempted by another lover" plot device and without anything new to add to that kind of story.

The film also begins with a wonderful light and quirky tone, only again to be sucked into the cliches of this romance plot, but without giving you any stakes into caring if it'll all work out. Overall Brooklyn isn't a bad, but not an overwhelmingly special movie.