Beautiful movie! I was really taken by the plot and acting, it felt like real life to me. But I want a little bit more from the movie than I expect from reality. And most of all I don't want to be told what's right or wrong, black or white. Unfortunately this message is very clear here. We have evil from one side and good personified by the main character. As much as I enjoyed the film I felt certain luck of depth.

When I watched the preview I was expecting another version of "The 100 Foot Journey" - struggle of mixed cultures or class hierarchy ultimately finding common ground and respect. Instead I was pleasantly surprised to find a far more realistic presentation of small town mentality enabling the abuse of power, corruption, and community based harassment. While the movie itself is incredibly slow it's great to see these themes explored as they are alive and well today. Great concept but poorly executed - still well worth the watch.

Courage to open a book shop,but not for long because the powerful grumpy lady will closed as soon as possible. Yes,that's the reality of men in the power and small people who try do something useful. Emily Mortimer and Bill Nigty great acting. As for me lovely entertainment

Felt like a great missed opportunity ... a flavour of post-war English small-mindedness, eccentrically 'off' characters in a Suffolk coastal town conspiring against the adventurous outsider trying to run a bookshop ... yet somehow it all fell flat for me. The actors weren't quite there, strange to see the likes of Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy struggling to make their lines work (under-rehearsed, perhaps, an unfinished script, cuts to the budget of the film ... who knows?).Viewers are quite savy these days, so you can't really paper over the cracks with nice costumes and authentic sets and settings etc. There will be some outside Britain who view the film as another quaint old period drama depicting how the country used to be, good for the American market etc. To be honest though, BBC and ITV turn out dramas like this season in seaon out, so I'm not sure what director Isabel Coixet hoped to achieve with this particular adaptation. Sorry, but script and acting needs work, no getting round it!I cried at the end of the film, when I realized one of its little 'big' ideas ... I won't spoil it for you, but for me personally that just added insult to injury!