A notable anomaly regarding Saoirse and Dakota Fanning.

I was underwhelmed by 'Brooklyn' on my first viewing but warmed to it considerably on my second viewing. Though I still had the same problem understanding why Eilish didn't say that she was married when she returned to Ireland.

Perhaps I was expecting too much on my first viewing after all the hype the film had received. Anyway on my second viewing that initial disappointment was gone and I found myself appreciating the film much more.

The first half of the film is really very good and Saoirse is lovely in the role. But she comes a little unstuck in the second half I think when what she is doing doesn't really make sense. That isn't Saoirse's fault it's just the way the character was written. In order for the film to have the necessary drama Eilish had to have this conflict about which man she would choose.

But the difficulty is that Eilish was such an honest and good girl that what she did (by keeping her marriage a secret and dallying with Jim) just seemed completely out of character. The only way Saoirse seemed to be able to work with that was by acting as though Eilish was confused. And that made her seem a bit feeble minded, which she hadn't been prior to returning to Ireland.





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