Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) lives in a small town in southeast Ireland until a priest (Jim Broadbent) arranges for her to travel to New York and begin a new life. There, she falls in love and begins to thrive – until family matters bring her back to Enniscorthy in County Wexford, where she’s faced with various ethical and personal conflicts.
It’s a sweet and touching story. Ronan is highly engaging in the lead role. Julie Walters is superb as the owner of a Brooklyn boarding house.
Ireland looks too sunny and dry to be entirely convincing. Possibly those were the scenes filmed in Canada.
Simple, lucid storytelling makes it powerful and affecting. I was put off by learning that Nick Hornby was involved in the screenplay, but thankfully he doesn’t manage to mess it up.
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