84 Charing Cross Road

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84 Charing Cross Road

PG,

1987,

1h 37m,

Drama

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85%

13 Reviews

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81%

5,000+ Ratings

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13 Reviews

81%

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5,000+ Ratings

New York City bibliophile Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) writes to the London bookshop Marks & Co in search of some titles she has not been able to turn up locally. Store manager Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) responds politely to her chatty letter, and over the course of two decades, a deep, long-distance friendship evolves. Based on Hanff's epistolary memoir and its later two-person stage adaptation, the film version incorporates new characters, including Doel's wife, Nora (Judi Dench).

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

The film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia; it's about real, credible people, and as such finally becomes very moving.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 20, 2003

2.5/5

The result of this high-powered collaboration is a movie of such unrelieved genteelness that it makes one long to head for Schrafft's for a double-gin martini, straight up, and a stack of cinnamon toast from which the crusts have been removed.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

84 Charing Cross Road is a movie made for people who love London and books. The only problem is that the heroine doesn't get to London until it's too late, and nobody ever seems to read in this movie.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Aug 30, 2017

B+

"84 Charing Cross Road" is a valuable film for all of the right reasons of theatrical balance and narrative truth. It is a movie that hits you like a live play.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Feb 10, 2007

3.5/4

This wonderful little gem is something of a critic-proof cult item in my house.

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Aug 4, 2005

5/5

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Anakin S

Oct 3, 2018

The great love for the books

Hagrid R

Jan 16, 2017

Finally caught up with this one, shown over Christmas on TV. Pretty good in a 1980s kind of way. Dated, genteel, and touching.

Anakin S

Nov 14, 2007

An uncommonly and sweetly civilized adult romance between two transatlantic correspondents who never meet, 84 Charing Cross Road is an appealing film on several counts, one of the most notable being Anne Bancroft's fantastic performance in the leading role.

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David Jones

Director

Anne Bancroft

Helene Hanff

Anthony Hopkins

Frank P. Doel

Judi Dench

Nora Doel

Jean De Baer

Maxine Stuart

Maurice Denham

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Synopsis

New York City bibliophile Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) writes to the London bookshop Marks & Co in search of some titles she has not been able to turn up locally. Store manager Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) responds politely to her chatty letter, and over the course of two decades, a deep, long-distance friendship evolves. Based on Hanff's epistolary memoir and its later two-person stage adaptation, the film version incorporates new characters, including Doel's wife, Nora (Judi Dench).

Director: David Jones
Producer: Geoffrey Helman
Screenwriter: Hugh Whitemore
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Brooksfilms
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $572.7K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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