A town that lacks a bookshop isn’t always a town that wants one.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, Michael Fitzgerald, Frances Barber, Reg Wilson, James Lance, Patricia Clarkson |
Director |
Isabel Coixet |
Screenplay | Isabel Coixet, from the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald |
Music | Alfonso de Vilallonga |
Cinematography | Jean-Claude Larrieu |
Editing | Bernat Aragonés |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | Consortium of European companies |
Official Site | IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | None |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | |
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PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for some thematic elements, language, and brief smoking. |
Runtime | 113 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Suggested age limit 10 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Metacritic.com 22 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 97 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A rare adaptation that sticks too closely to its source material, The Bookshop’s meticulously crafted world building gets lost in its meandering pace. | 11 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 13 | |
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Bittersweet period drama about the joys of reading. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 11 users | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes users 385 users | 11 | |
IMDB 6972 Netizens | 13 | |
The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 10 | |
Average .. 59% | 12 |