exactly. I always liked her performances but I only recently saw a string of her interviews and she is witty and smart, polite and funny. Professional but not too stiff. Bright, intelligent blue eyes and a very distinct Irish accent. I am in love!

@@theultimatecatloverchannel9432 I noticed this too... i recently just started liking her very much and watched her interviews and was relieved to see that she has no interviews which are painful and awkward to watch like some of the actors i like... and I watched brooklyn the first time last week and I liked her acting very much....movie was so good that i also read the novel after watching it so i pictured her as eilish.. she really captures the character...

I first saw Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn,” and I thought she was superb as Eilish Lacey in this excellent film. And, then I read that she had also appeared as the scheming, young girl, Briony, in the film, “Atonement,” which I had seen several years before. In watching “Atonement,” again with the dvd commentary by the director, he pointed out that while Ms. Ronan was outstanding as the conniving Briony, she was nothing like Briony in person, but was a very friendly and outgoing young girl off-camera. Ms.Ronan was also terrific in the Catholic high school drama/comedy, “Lady Bird.” I hope Ms. Ronan receives an Academy Award for Best Actress in the future. She certainly deserves one.

What was the ending? Did she return to the US?

Lynn, it was indeed. One for the true romantics. I was crying on the couch watching this movie. And this coming from a single male... Pathetic isn't it?

Not at all....thedys70......It struck the chord that many of our hearts play out through our lives....This choice over that....this action over that....funny how what can seem like pivotal decisions were self-limiting, but seemingly small ones (like giving "that person" a chance) have repercussions that weave a lifetime.

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I think this film is superb. The large number of Irish-Italian American film-goers alone assured this film of being enthusiastically received in the United States, which it was.

And a Catholic girl in those days wouldn't have had premarital sex but it happened 🤷

Connie, Even back then in the early 1950s, many young Roman Catholic women got to know their significant others in the “Biblical sense,” before getting married.

It made me cry that she chose to go back cause I thought that tony was her real love... this was captured in the movie... I watched the movie first then read the novel.. really appreciated the movie after reading the novel...

Why what happened in the novel?

@@viciousLUA Author Colm Toibin leaves the ending somewhat ambiguous, with Eilish leaving her Irish hometown on a train. He has said that he wished he had ended the novel like in the film, with Eilish and Tony enjoying a joyous reunion. Also, in the novel, Eilish had two older brothers, who had immigrated to England for much better employment opportunities. In the film, there is no mention of any brothers in the Lacey family.

@@kensellers4082 Thank you for explaining that to me! I do love their reunion scene in the end. I wish there were brothers in the film but maybe that could've distracted from the romance lol.

I agree. It felt as though she made the decision because she was caught. But I want to believe the fact she was caught was what brought her to reality and make her realize she was wasting her time. Like she had this veil when she went back home because it suddenly became everything she had wanted before leaving. And her ego took a hold of it. That I understand. So the lady bringing up to light her marriage could have been like breaking a glass, or lifting the veil “hey look at what you are doing. Aren’t you supposed to be married?” But of course, that’s my mind elaborating more than the film lets on.

Respectfully, but very much, disagree. The reason for the pensive look on her face (both on the boat heading back to America as well as standing against the wall across the street from Tony's work) was she was concerned about how Tony would feel about her at that point. She now knows beyond question her life is not an n Ireland but rather in Brooklyn with Tony. In her mind, since she had not responded to his letters while in Ireland, she has reason to wonder if Tony still loves her like he did before. When he comes over to her and takes her in his arms she knows he still does - and her smile is huge. She loves him and is relieved that Tony still loves her so much. It's similar to the scene where she explains to Tony why she didn't say "I love you" back but to him but if he ever says it again she will say "I love you" b/c that's how she feels. She was done with her life in Ireland. No more longing for the past & Ireland. Joy over life w Tony.

I think she made the right decision in choosing Tony.

Me too.

I think so too

@@IvanLendl87 You pegged it Ivan. She even SAYS "..You realize that is where your life is." I tend to think her time going back to Ireland was something she needed to go through. Now she will always love Ireland but have no regrets and not spend her life with Tony looking over her shoulder at what could have been. I sense she is happy with her choice. And omg set this in 1885 and you have my grandmother, probably many people's grandmother. :)

Agreed. I think that she just tells herself that Tony is the right man for her, but really it's Jim.