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Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, has been stolen. He’s given up on people and even the books in his store offer another reminder that the world is changing too rapidly. But when a mysterious package arrives at the store, it gives Fikry the chance to make his life over and see things anew.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
80 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans CanosaDirector
- Gabrielle ZevinScreenplay
- Jeff Eden FairOriginal Music Composer
- Starr ParodiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kunal NayyarA.J. Fikry
- Lucy HaleAmy
- Christina HendricksIsmay
- David ArquetteLambiase
- Scott FoleyDaniel
- Lauren StamileLeonora
- Mia Sinclair JennessMollie Klock
- Chase RamseyDeputy Doug
- Nate RichmanDeputy Dave
- Chandey MichaelsMargaret Loman
- Alexander PobutskyWaiter
- Jordyn McIntoshMaya (age 6)
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Themes
small townislandbookshopbased on novel or bookbrother-in-lawmarriagecoplovealcoholicwidowernew englandnovelist