84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 2
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
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Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Thus begins a two-decade romance by correspondence between Bancroft and Briton Anthony Hopkins, the man in charge of the overseas department of Marks and Company. Though
Feb 13, 1987 Limited
May 21, 2002
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Anne Bancroft
Helene Hanff -
Anthony Hopkins
Frank Doel -
Judi Dench
Nora Doel -
Jean De Baer
Maxine Bellamy -
Maurice Denham
George Martin -
Mercedes Ruehl
Kay -
Eleanor David
Cecily Farr -
Daniel Gerroll
Brian -
Wendy Morgan
Megan Wells -
Ian McNeice
Bill Humphries -
J. Smith-Cameron
Ginny -
Tom Isbell
Ed -
John Bardon
Labour Party Canvasser -
Connie Booth
Lady From Delaware -
Ronn Carroll
Businessman on Plane -
Janet Dale
Joan Todd -
David Davenport
Coronation Party Friend -
Anne Dyson
Mrs. Boulton -
James Eckhouse
Joey the Dentist -
Marty Glickman
Baseball Commentator -
Kevin McClarnon
Cop at Columbia -
Gwen Nelson
Bill's Great Aunt -
Freda Rogers
Coronation Party Friend -
Sam Stoneburner
New York Bookseller -
Tony Todd
Demolition Workman -
Rebecca Bradley
Shela Doel At Age 12 -
Kate Napier Brown
Mary Doel At Age 21 -
Danielle Burns
Cecily Farr's Daughter -
Rupert Holliday Evans
Coronation Party Friend -
Zoe Hodges
Mary Doel at Age 4 -
Charles Lewsen
Print Buyer -
Betty Low
Maxine's Mom -
Michael John McGann
Maxine's Stage Manager -
Roger Ostime
Stately Home Butler -
Bernie Passeltiner
Willie Deli Owner -
Barbara Thorn
Sheila Doel at Age 29
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
The film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia; it's about real, credible people, and as such finally becomes very moving.
Top CriticThe 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.
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.
This wonderful little gem is something of a critic-proof cult item in my house.
A staid, static movie that wins us over with its outstanding performances and its love of books.
Vividly conveys the magical ways that friendship can open up new worlds of experience and meaning.
By a miracle of writing, acting and direction, what could have been a deadly moviegoing experience is turned into something very like pure gold.
Hopkins and Dench are wonderful together.
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