Limited release 11/4/15
Viewed Tuesday, 1/12/16 at ElCon
RT Critic: 98 Audience: 90
Critic's Consensus:
Critic's Consensus:
Cag: 5.5 Just loved it, top quality, too...
Directed by John Crowley
Written by Nick Hornby
Written by Nick Hornby
Fox Searchlight
Saoirse Ronan - who was absolutely wonderful!
My comments: A period story, (early 1950s) with excellent acting, lots of giggles, a few tiny sniffles, and wonderful costuming and hairstyles. The storytelling was superb, not sappy, thoughtful, with a lovely, perfect ending.
RT Summary: Eilis Lacey followed her sister, Rose's, plan to leave Ireland and find a better future and job in the US. She departs terribly, enduring seasickness and a terrible relationship with her cabin mates. A kind traveler gives her advice to live in Brooklyn, where many Irish immigrants live. Eilis settles in Brooklyn and becomes close to Father Flood, a Catholic priest. She gets a job in a department store and falls in love with an Italian boy named Tony. News from home sends Eilis back to Ireland, away from Tony.
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