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This was on my watch list, but i never had any intention to watch this tonight, however it was on after the news after i got in from mission impossible 7 & i thought well ill just put it on as background noise.
1h40min later i was sitting there watching the end of it being like ahhhhhhhhh. It was not what i was expecting at all & it was really good.

I liked the fact that that major drama was something very mundane & very every day life, even back in those days. IT was something that did change her life but then it was a small action that meant her world shifted. It would still be a moral dilemma in today world too. It really made it more personal & made you think what you would do in that situation.

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis was fantastic. Seriously considering shed ever been a child actor or supporting or bit parts before she owned it. You watched her grow & you saw how good an actress she was. You really felt for her. You wanted her to succeed & be happy, because thats all she ever wanted in life & to make people happy. I loved her in this. I think its her best performance ive seen.

I was not expecting Jim Broadbent at all & then he was a vicar… Ahhhhh i mean he was very good & nice but i was not expecting him to be in it. & because its been a while since the film came out i forgot about Domhnall was in it, but i really really felt for him. He was the nicest most honest person in the film & he got his heartbroken & was the real person left behind.

I loved that it showed the boat crossing both times from multiple perspectives. & her sickness ewwwwwwwww but not nice. As someone whos not good at sleeping on transport, i felt for her. Yes i know it was back in the 1950s but it was still not nice to watch. Which it was nice on the return journey that she was so helpful & nice to everyone else.

What was that women in the shops problem. I mean i get that she was miserable, but i think i missed a part which explained her bitterness to her. I didnt see it, she was always just mean & rude & needed a slap. I dont care that she was old & falling apart & had been through, she was still bitter & twisted for how she behaved & acted towards people. Picking posh people to get their rations, saying some items are saturday not sunday items. Love if you have someone wanting something & you still have it, bloody sell them the show polish urgh. I was so glad when she stood up to her at the end of it. How the fuck was she able of blackmail her at all. Just urgh.

Both the romantic relationships she was apart of worked, both felt organic & right for the time, the guy in Brooklyn & the guy in Ireland. Neither felt forced, & just grew & blossomed properly. They really did just work & felt right.

Why did no one want her to go back to America, at all. She was sending money home & making a life for her family. & yet they wanted her to stay. The whole town was conspiring to keep her there, all because her sister died. Also why did they all make her feel guilty for having a life, its wasnt fair at all. Especially now as a independent women living now. It didnt feel right.

The Irish christmas was good, & the singsong, yea i would so imagine that happening, even now. I got a little bit emotional watching that.

The difference & similarities between the lives she lived back home & in her new home were so interesting, especially with the beach bit & how she brought some American style to her little village back home.

The costumes were so good, i was instantly in the 1950s & that era. & the people attitudes as well were so what were expected at the time. & the score was so sweet.

I loved how they all initially blamed her time of the month for her sadness because she was a women. I mean that is still often the case, that as a women our time of the months are blamed for our mood. & sometimes that does work in our favour but why is our mood even to this day determined by that.

Her boyfriend who she ended up marrying just wanted to be with her & make her happy. That was far too sweet & romantic. & he waited & he didnt freak out & he loved her no matter what, even if it effected his dreams or their future plans i loved him. He was so nice & humble. Why cant all guys be like that its not fair.

I dont get why they all lived in that one house. Im guessing she was paid for looking after them all (kudos as always to Dame Julie Walters for being a legend) but it was a really weird dynamic that house of how people were treated or behaved. It was really off.

I really enjoyed this film, it was just sweet & sad & made you think about the life you have & the life you dream of no matter how big or little it is. It just filled a little bit of my night with joy & i felt happy about that. Its well worth a watch peoples just for some sweet escapism & a normal little story. Lush