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The Bookshop
Directed by
Isabel Coixet
PG
2018
1h 50m
Drama
6.5
56%
52%
6.5
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England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
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Cast of The Bookshop
Emily Mortimer
Florence Green
Bill Nighy
Mr. Brundish
Patricia Clarkson
Violet Gamart
James Lance
Milo North
Hunter Tremayne
Mr. Keble
Honor Kneafsey
Christine
Frances Barber
Jessie Welford
Reg Wilson
General Gamart
Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. Raven
Nigel O'Neill
Mr. Deben
Jorge Suquet
Mr. Thornton
Lana O'Kell
Ivy Welford
Adie Allen
Mrs. Traill
Mary O'Driscoll
Mrs. Keble
Charlotte Vega
Kattie
Karen Ardiff
Mrs. Deben
Barry Barnes
Inspector Sheppard
Richard Felix
William
Francesca McGill
Adult Christine
Lucy Tillett
Mrs. Gipping
The Bookshop Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
The ever-winsome Emily Mortimer glows as a struggling widow who opens a bookstore in her insular coastal town.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The Bookshop is a gentle, quiet film in which not a whole lot happens... But it's beautifully evocative of the musty, inviting smell of a bookshop on a cool day, or of the nostalgic pleasure of old photographs
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Hang a CLOSED sign in the window: it's another film with a strong female character that's cushioned in the safety and comfort of the recent past.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
For a movie that is about a collection of oddballs, it can sometimes feel rather generic. But at its core, the film is not a comedy at all. The eccentricities issue from real adversity.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
It's a heavy-handed version of small-town rebellion that devastates any trace of subtlety like a heft tome smashing an errant spider.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
"The Bookshop" isn't an especially good film, but there's no shortage of good in it.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
It's a strange film: small, sad (without being tragic) and yet sweet without being syrupy.
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Leonard Maltin
A film that makes itself so predictable can only overcome this obstacle through atmosphere, performance, and abundance of charm or style. The Bookshop has some of those qualities but not enough, sorry to say
What the Flick?!
Christy Lemire
I don't know how anyone thought this was still relevant now, because it's such an obvious idea.
What the Flick?!
Alonso Duralde
[Isabel Coixet's] movies tend to be a little on the safe and vague side, and I think this movie falls into both of these traps.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
A particular letdown for fans of period British drama.
NPR
Ella Taylor
Coixet has a lyrical sense of place, and she has made a charming, well-acted adaptation that ably conjures visual pleasure out of the written word...
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Despite its flaws, the film possesses such a clear passion and advocacy for writing, knowledge and personal expression that it emerges as a largely worthy and poignant accomplishment...
Tribune News Service
Rick Bentley
Except for a couple of strong performance, there is no reason to go in search of this work.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
As cleanly appointed and precise as Penelope Fitzgerald's prose, "The Bookshop," based on Fitzgerald's 1978 novel, seems very much a fable.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Ms. Coixet highlights the undertow of subtle savagery in her genteel material, giving its picturesque setting - an English coastal village in 1959 - a more sinister, cynical cast.
Village Voice
April Wolfe
Sometimes nice to be reminded of violence of the papercut variety, that some troubles can be worked through without an ass-kicking.
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
Writer-director Isabel Coixet's intermittent visual flourishes do little to amplify the stakes of her low-key narrative.
Variety
Guy Lodge
A fine, sensitive leading turn from Emily Mortimer helps shore up these quiet, lightly dust-covered proceedings, but can't quite put "The Bookshop" in the black.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jonathan Holland
Its subversive undercurrent, embodied in fine performances by Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy, is what makes it really interesting.
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