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84 Charing Cross Road
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, beginning their two-decade romance via correspondence.
8 December 1957, Minnesota, USA
31 August 1935
1954, UK
14 March 1956, Lincolnshire, England, UK
30 June 1901, London, England, UK
24 February 1929, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
25 August 1939, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
4 January 1909, Manchester, England, UK
September 01, 2002
Vividly conveys the magical ways that friendship can open up new worlds of experience and meaning.
February 10, 2007
This wonderful little gem is something of a critic-proof cult item in my house.
July 25, 2002
Hopkins and Dench are wonderful together.
May 20, 2003
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.
January 01, 2000
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.
March 26, 2003
A staid, static movie that wins us over with its outstanding performances and its love of books.
January 26, 2006
The film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia; it's about real, credible people, and as such finally becomes very moving.
August 14, 2002
By a miracle of writing, acting and direction, what could have been a deadly moviegoing experience is turned into something very like pure gold.