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.
2 October 1950, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
14 February 1955, Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 29, 1918 in London, England, UK
8 December 1957, Minnesota, USA
16 October 1951, London, England, UK
2 August 1964, UK
26 December 1921, Fairhill, England, UK
1928, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
2 February 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
28 February 1948, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
23 December 1909, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
14 August 1917, The Bronx, New York, USA
21 November 1931, New York City, New York, USA
31 December 1937, Margam, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
4 December 1954, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
24 February 1929, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
4 January 1909, Manchester, England, UK
January1958, Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, UK
25 August 1939, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
July 25, 2002
Hopkins and Dench are wonderful together.
February 10, 2007
This wonderful little gem is something of a critic-proof cult item in my house.
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.
March 26, 2003
A staid, static movie that wins us over with its outstanding performances and its love of books.
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.
September 01, 2002
Vividly conveys the magical ways that friendship can open up new worlds of experience and meaning.
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.
