Enjoy this movie for what it is. A simple girl meets boy story, with impeccable acting and luxurious cinematography.
True, it's not the highest budget film ever, and so we never really see 1950's Brooklyn. Most the shots of it are in shallow focus, or at night. Personally, I would have liked the movie to have been more grand in scope, especially since it's lovely orchestral score suggested something more akin to an epic historical, but all the shots are fairly closeup.
Maybe that was the point. It's a very personal story.
Saoirse Ronan, once again turns in a great performance. She is completely believable, and hits all the right notes.
The chemistry between her and her love interests doesn't sizzle as well as it could have with better casting on their end, but it doesn't detract from the overall film.
Some scenes seem a little melodramatic and overdone: (like when she steps through the gleaming doorway into America for the first time, and also there are some unnecessary slow motion scenes).
But, in the end, Brooklyn is a charming tale.
True, it's not the highest budget film ever, and so we never really see 1950's Brooklyn. Most the shots of it are in shallow focus, or at night. Personally, I would have liked the movie to have been more grand in scope, especially since it's lovely orchestral score suggested something more akin to an epic historical, but all the shots are fairly closeup.
Maybe that was the point. It's a very personal story.
Saoirse Ronan, once again turns in a great performance. She is completely believable, and hits all the right notes.
The chemistry between her and her love interests doesn't sizzle as well as it could have with better casting on their end, but it doesn't detract from the overall film.
Some scenes seem a little melodramatic and overdone: (like when she steps through the gleaming doorway into America for the first time, and also there are some unnecessary slow motion scenes).
But, in the end, Brooklyn is a charming tale.