A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
"Each heart-warming character comes alive on the screen!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 94%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan
Joan Blondell as Aunt Sissy
James Dunn as Johnny Nolan
Lloyd Nolan as Officer McShane
Ted Donaldson as Neeley Nolan
Peggy Ann Garner as Francie Nolan
Ruth Nelson as Miss McDonough
Is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 111 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 94%.
Overview
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together. Wikipedia ↗
