Brooklyn Movie
Scene from “Brooklyn” in Coney Island. | Photo via Twitter
BROOKLYN, the long awaited love story opens today in movie theaters near you and we were lucky enough to catch a special screening of the film organized by the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Back in March, OurBKSocial gave notice of the film directed by John Crowley centering on a young Irish woman migrating alone to the United States in the 1950s. Though she travels alone, room, board, and employment have been previously arranged for her.

BROOKLYN stars Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters and is based on Colm Toibin’s highly acclaimed novel with the same title. The main character, Eilis Lacey played by Saorise Ronan, leaves behind her beloved family and country of Ireland and experiences the painful culture shock and alienation many feel in a strange land.

During the movie, Eilis meets a handsome suitor, Tony (Emory Cohen), an Italian plumber. Life becomes much less stressful with Tony. As Eilis strengthens her romantic ties with her ardent lover, she gets pulled back to her very familiar past. As Tony anxiously says, “home is home.” She finds herself having to make a difficult choice between a male interest in Ireland and her new love in Brooklyn.According to Michael, this problem can be avoided by controlling order generic cialis buy at pharmacy the diet.

BROOKLYN is a very beautiful story filled with faith, hope, love and laughter and the acting, needless to say, is spectacular. Brooklyn is a place where many Irish live; we’re told a number of times in the movie. Of-course Eilis’ character moves there. Yet the movie lacks some real Brooklyn flavor. We do get a glimpse of the Brooklyn Bridge, 158 Clinton Street (Eilis’ boarding house) and Coney Island beach, but where are the scenes in Bay Ridge, Marine Park, and Gerritsen Beach — where Irish immigrants settled in Brooklyn in the 1950s? Where was the ride on the Cyclone or the game at Ebbets Field — Tony constantly bragged about his love for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When it comes to Brooklyn, we at OurBKSocial just can’t seem to get enough.

What To Look Out For: Both the boarding house mother and Tony’s 8-year-old brother are the life of the movie. Buckle your seat belts as these two bring constant laughter in every scene they’re in.