Review of Brooklyn (2015) by Gden — 21 Nov 2015

This movie was a waste of time. I expected more depth but instead it was a silly improbable romance. Our very pretty heroine manages to quickly meet a wonderful guy who is not Irish but Italian. They fall in love. Yawn. But oh no! She must go back to Ireland. And doesn't she meet another handsome wonderful (rich) guy who falls in love with her too! Amazing. But! Beware of the wicked witch of the town who knows her secret! Gasp. Oh and not only that shes also really really smart. Aces the bookkeeping class. Wow. And she's the only girl in the class too! And then she fills in for her sisters old job and is so good at it that they offer her a permanent position. Wow again. Every female character was so very well dressed and coiffed. Really stretching credulity. Particularly the rather sophisticated bombshell on the ship.

Oh and by the way, Irish and Italian families did not endear themselves to one another quite so prettily. Plus, I doubt if there were any black people on the same beaches as white people. This was closer to a Hallmark or Oprah offering.