I had the pleasure of seeing this film, with Jim Sheridan last Monday in NYC. The comments you've just made are right on. I've never seen a movie like this one. And although the cast is perfect, so is the writing, which brings it home in a way that few films have. I'm a writer, 46 years old, and this is by far one of the best movies I have ever seen--at least in the Drama genre.

I have yet to see this film but will tomorrow night--all i can say is that the preview almost made me cry, and that makes this worth seeing time and time again. If the picture has aything close to the effect the preview did on me I'll be crying like a baby when it's over

A beautifull film, a heartwarming tale, with excellent character studies along the way. Your right, Awards should arrive by the bucketload. The five central characters are incredible.

"In America" is probably the best film I have seen in a very long time. A Jim Sheridan film with a very human story to tell,a film that will get you reaching for those tissues. Initially a one piece jigsaw that just builds and builds into the perfect movie picture story. Credit and much praise go out to the actors, who we could not help but to be shaken by the performances of Samantha, Paddy and the Bolger sisters, Emma,and Sarah. A film to lift you up, let you down easy,and gently rock your soul.

"while the Bolger sisters Emma and Sarah, who provide most of the film's emotional heart, are finally a response to the oft-repeated claim that our youngest actors aren't a patch on their transatlantic counterparts" - I'd just like to point out that the sisters, Emma and Sarah are Irish actresses and I was confused as to why a Manchester/British website would claim that they be otherwise. The article refers to them as "OUR youngest actors" when infact they are not young british actors at all.
Apart from that, I agree with EVERYTHING else said about the movie, including British actor Paddy Considine.

I agreed with your review of In America 100%. But I found what comment in it a little funny. You say the girls have trouble fitting in with the "rich Manhattenites". But the girls don't interact with rich Manhattenhites in the film. The kids they interact with at the Catholic school in the movie are most likely middle class (still a higher income level then their struggling parents, but certainly not rich). Rich Manhattenites go to exclusive private schools out of financial reach for any working class or middle class family.

(Note from the reviewer: Elise, you're spot on, but I meant that the families were rich in contrast to the sisters' family - as just about everyone else was! -Iain)