Brooklyn

I read some criticism about that there's not a whole lot going on in the movie. If you look for your classic romance, look elsewhere. For me, this is not a romantic movie, it's about going somewhere new because you want more than your old well-known life could give you, and sticking with it through the sudden temptations of the well-known. And it captures this sudden allure of the life you know well, the people you know well, the places you know well, that makes you forget why you left in the first place perfectly. It also drives home the moment where you suddenly remember, why you left. Sure, the actual plot details around that might feel a bit constructed (do all Irish people around the world know each other?), but it doesn't matter, really. Part of what makes the movie great also is the character development, beautifully put on display by Saoirse Ronan, who really needs to win one of the big awards at some point. And I'm also really sorry about the bucket.