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Saturday, September 21, 2019

The Book Shop (2018)

This is a quiet movie, based on a book of the same title.  The three principle stars are top notch actors.  It has an adorably quaint setting, a 1950s-'60s seaside town in England.  It features books and shops and has as its heroine a brave widow who loves to read and is willing to stand up to the village doyenne, one of those villains whose superficial graciousness and courtesy are only cover for ruthlessness and fury.
Emily
Mortimer plays Florence Green, whose husband was killed in WWII. She met him in a bookstore, and she dreams of opening one of her own in an old abandoned building in a small East Anglian town. She is patient but firm in her dealings with the lawyer and banker who clearly think she should not be worrying her pretty head about business.
Florence underestimates how formidable a foe she has in Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson), the wife of a retired general who treats the village as though it was under her command.  The movie winds up as a cautionary tale of what happens when people let bullies get their way.  All with gorgeous scenery Bill Nighy to enjoy.

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