Boy A (2008)
Directed by John Crowley
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.
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At first thought, I recall the opening of Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66 , which ironically exaggerates the hopelessness of post-incarceration by adding a lack of a public restroom to the list of things the former jailbird is without.
As for the other major actor, Mullan is great as usual, but as always his appearance only reminds me that I would prefer he be behind the camera as well (it's been a long five years since he last helmed the astonishing The Magdalene Sisters ).
Mullan (a director in his own right on such fine films as The Magdalene Sisters) exudes compassion as Jack's caseworker but he also basks in bit of pride over the makeover he has helped orchestrate.
Working from a script by novelist Nick Hornby, director John Crowley (Intermission, Boy A) has made a movie you can take Grandma to — and one that might induce Grandma to reminisce about the dark passages and tough choices of her youth.
Set in Ireland and Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1950s, the film, directed by John Crowley (“Boy A”) and scripted by Nick Hornby (“About a Boy”), begins when its plucky Irish heroine Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) resolves to leave hard-pressed Enniscorthy and emigrate to America.
The four key people responsible for Brooklyn 's success are its director John Crowley (TV's Boy A ), its screenwriter Nick Hornby ( Fever Pitch ), and its stars Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen.
Adapted from Colm Tóibín’s fine bestseller by Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity,” “About A Boy”) with elemental grace, and directed by theater-trained John Crowley (“Intermission,” “Boy A”), “Brooklyn” is old-fashioned in its care for craft and basic compassion for the emotional quandaries facing its emigrant characters.
"Brooklyn" is directed by John Crowley, who won a BAFTA TV award for "Boy A" in 2008, starring Andrew Garfield.
Carving out compelling characterizations from the slightest of looks and exchanges, Hornby and director John Crowley (Closed Circuit, Boy A, Intermission) detail the plight of Eiles Lacey (Ronan), a twentysomething Irish girl who travels to New York, leaving her beloved older sister Rose (Fiona Glascott) to care for their mother (Jane Brennan).