This was a romantic comedy set in 1950's Ireland and Brooklyn. It's based on a Colm Toibin novel that was a New York Times bestseller. I saw the film twice. When I went the second time I saw it with my Father and my aunt. My aunt is Irish. She has been to Ireland, so I thought she would really like the film. It is a film that is told from a woman's perspective. And many of the characters and situations deal with women.
The film centers around the choices the lead character has to make; does she stay in Ireland? Does she marry Tony or Jim? Does she leave her mother in Ireland? Which place does she prefer, Ireland or Brooklyn? I suppose the title answers the last question.
I really liked how the film taps into that feeling of wanting to go to another place and start anew because where you are isn't working out. Ellis had no full time job and no marriage prospects when she was in Ireland. Yet she moves to Brooklyn and has a full time job, night school, and a love interest. Initially she is homesick. After she meets Tony she isn't homesick anymore.
Where I live you heard it a lot. This place has no jobs. There isn't anything to do. It's out in the middle of nowhere. I've left and returned. I don't know if I will leave again. Only to return. Are we really free to choose our fates? Are we just atoms bouncing around in a predictable, fated pattern? Or can we choose of our own free will? Do we really know where we will end up? Who can say? Is it God's plan? Or does man, or in this case woman, have a choice over what happens to our fate?
I think this film is a good example of the development of character. It's story was strong. I can't wait to get the book and read it, and watch the film again.
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