Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

rockchick-169-686212 Absolute garbage. Boring. No romance. No action. Just boring.

siderite A young Londoner writer finds an interesting set of people on the island of Guernsey who share some personal stories from the time of the German occupation. Somehow they are all linked by the pleasure of reading books, after they were inadvertently forced to create a book club to justify their meetings during the Nazi regime. But after the initial groan "Oh, no, not another war movie", it was clear that the action was happening right after the end of War World II. And it was interesting, in a literary way (especially since I had tried to watch Book Club just before and I gave it up) as well as a personal exploration of complex characters and it was generally well acted. However, there was always something slightly off: inadvertences, forced scenes, a romantic subplot that actually made no sense or brought any value to the film. So with much regret, I have to blame the director of the movie and a little bit the script. I don't think the lead actress was very good either, but I have to be picky to blame her for the feeling of uncanny valley while watching the film. If it weren't for this, I would have rated it a lot higher.

fmwongmd Well directed and acted. Lovely scenes and excellent photography. Well worth watching.

dgisabelhq I loved the story, the characters, the lanscapes, contumes, the casting, all of it!! It makes you have different feelings through the story. You laugh, you cry.It's been a while since I saw a movie I loved as much as this one.