I just spend almost two hours watching this movie, but it felt like only 15 minutes. It’s entertaining till the end and I feel like I want to know and learn even more about Eilis Lacey and her life in Brooklyn.

Eilis Lacey (very well played by Saoirse Ronan) is an Irish girl who’s moving away from her “Mammy” and sister Rose to live and start a new life in Brooklyn. She get’s a job in a warehouse and goes to evening school to persuade her dream of becoming a bookkeeper/accountant. In between all things she meets a fellow named Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen), and they, of course, fall in love. When Eilis decides to go home because of family trouble, they promise each other that she will come back. Once Eilis returns to Ireland, she finds out that she now could live a nice life there as well.

It was great to see Eilis evolve the way she did in Brooklyn and after meeting Tony. Saoirse did such an amazing job as Eilis, from the vulnerable moments to the moments where she is so confident it made me smile a bit. Eilis is such a sweet and relatable character, and even though she makes mistakes, she makes the right choice in the end. You can truly see how she chances throughout the movie. In the beginning she is a shy girl who doesn’t really stand up for herself, she goes along with the little crowd that are the people in her villages, but then she lives in this great city with so many opportunities and people and she learns how she wants to carry herself, what she wants to be and what she wants to become. Alongside Eilis was Tony, whom’s played by Emory Cohen. I’ve never seen anything of Emory’s work before this one, but he’s good and real cute. He made Tony a real gentleman, and all the good and bad qualities came with it. I fell like I did’t really get to know him very well though. I know some of the basic stuff about him, but his character, how he acts and reacts, didn’t have a lot of variety. Where Eilis had a lot of feelings throughout the movie, Tony only had a few. I would have loved to get to know him better. Apart from Saoirse and Emory there were a lot of smaller parts in this movie and I just wanted to point out the actress who played Rose (Eilis sister), Fiona Glascott, and the always great Domhnall Gleeson, who played Jim Farrell. Although they had small parts the were great nonetheless and I could’t leave them out of this review. Jane Brennan who plays Eilis mom, did a great job as well. I’m still not entirely sure if I liked her character or not.

Although I want to know more about Eilis’ her life, the storyline was great. I got just enough information about everything to put it all together, I just would’ve loved to know more (but don’t we all when we watch a movie we like?). I loved the shots they filmed at the dining table in Eilis’ house, which is filled with girly giggles and advices. Some scenes where shot as a close up which I highly appreciated as well. It suited the movie, and brought more emotions to the screen (and it just were very pretty shots).

Brooklyn’s a movie filled with nice shots, great acting and a good story line. I would totally recommend it. (Still feel like I want to know more about all the characters their stories though).

I want to use my last sentence to praise the costume designers, because all the characters just look simple amazing, and I need Eilis’ her closet.