A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
PG

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Each heart-warming character comes alive on the screen!

1945 • 128 min • Drama

Our family guide

Best from age 10
88
Movie Knight Score
112 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 75 Audience · 110 · 49%

Mwanzoni mwa karne ya 20 huko Brooklyn, familia maskini ya Nolan inakabiliana na changamoto za kila siku, ikipata furaha katikati ya shida. Francie mdogo, mwenye ndoto, anaiangalia familia yake, ikiwemo baba yake mlevi lakini mwenye upendo na mama yake mwenye nguvu, wanapojitahidi kujijengea maisha katika ghorofa yenye msongamano. Ni

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
6/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
2/10

Heads up

  • Uonyeshaji wa mara kwa mara wa ulevi na athari zake
  • Mada za umaskini na kupoteza zinaweza kuhuzunisha
  • Mhusika mmoja anakufa

What it models well

  • Upendo na uvumilivu wa familia
  • Kuvumilia shida
  • Nguvu ya matumaini na ndoto

Talk about it after

  • Changamoto za umaskini na jinsi watu wanavyokabiliana nazo
  • Athari za ulevi kwa familia
  • Kupata uzuri na matumaini katika hali ngumu
  • Umuhimu wa elimu na mawazo

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Top billed cast

Director: Elia Kazan • Crew: Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis

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A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN 1945 Theatrical Trailer

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - DVD Trailer

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

At the turn of the 20th century, the Nolan family eek out a living in New York. Mum “Katie” (Dorothy Maguire) is trying to raise impressionable daughter “Francie” (Peggy Ann Garner) and son “Neeley” (Ted Donaldson) whilst their well meaning but dipso entertainer of a father (James Dunn) struggles to make a living then hits the bottle when he does or doesn’t find work.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

This is the charming adaption of Betty Smith's acclaimed novel. It's both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The acting is riveting all the way around, and this is one of those rare times when everyone is perfectly cast. But particularly Peggy Ann Garner and James Dunn, both of whose careers, interestingly and unfortunately enough, were failing within the next decade.…

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