It's taken me a long time to get round to seeing this - I couldn't find the entrance to the last exit to Brooklyn - but I'm glad I caught it. Yes, it's bleak and depressing, and filled with mostly unpleasant characters. But its also well filmed, powerfully performed, and evocative of the period. I liked it, despite its ugly exterior.

A woman's descent into hell

The movie folwlows a bunch of characters in 50s Brookyln who are many degrees of repulsive. The plot and was too lose. No defined direction, and the character journeys left didn't seem interesting. Being dark and gritty for the sake of it is a tad empty. I can see why some would like this though, but I didn't connect