When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award3 wins & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
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.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
The film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia; it's about real, credible people, and as such finally becomes very moving.