United Kingdom, United States of America, France

RomanceDramaHistory

LondonEnglandBased on novel or bookWorld war iiChannel islandsBook clubGerman occupationHistorical fictionPeriod dramaReading a bookNazi occupation1940s

Mike Newell

Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew Goode, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson, Glen Powell

Don Roos, Thomas Bezucha, Kevin Hood

Blueprint Pictures, The Mazur Kaplan Company, StudioCanal

NA

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

Reviews:

Author: TrentTX
High quality period piece although the book is supposed to be even better. I haven't read the book so maybe you will want to do that first. Back to the movie. The cast is superb and the story is compelling. What more do you need? The story has great characters, and the the cast brings out all their emotional interests. The story unfolds in a series of flashbacks as several characters are unwilling to share what happened during the German occupation with intrepid writer Juliet. This works well to build suspense around the overall mystery. Juliet is dealing with her own tragic war memories which drive her character's choices. Guernsey is like a character too and will probably be swamped with tourists in the near future. As far as the present, we can all have a very pleasant journey there by just watching this great movie.