Brooklyn

"A heartbreaking and poignant story about choices, country, commitments, sacrifice and love, 'Brooklyn' is a superb, luminous and bittersweet portrayal of who we are, where we've come from, where we're going and the places we call home." 

"A superb, emotionally turbulent account of a young Irishwoman's attempt to become an American in the early 1950s." 

"Despite its familiar structure it's a thing of beauty, a delicate, tender period piece about nice people trying to do their best." 

"There will be bigger, wilder, weightier movies this year, but none lovelier than Brooklyn (...) The astonishing Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Hanna) lights up the screen in a performance that takes a piece of your heart (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)" 

"Saoirse Ronan shines, but relative newcomer Emory Cohen is the true breakout in this tale of a young woman torn between two men on opposite sides of the Atlantic." 

"There are no dramatic fireworks in this small-scale adaptation by Nick Hornby of Colm Toibin's novel, but it does beautifully capture its time and place, and Ronan could very well end up with an Oscar nomination." 

"A romance that hits those with a heart hard. (...) I was so moved by what had transpired I was fighting back the tears. (...) Honestly, I can't remember the last time a big screen romance hit so many perfect notes"