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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 19 Feb 2018

Coixet's script is a long way off perfect, but it's the least of her problems; the second least is the film's dirge of a score, but even that's…

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By Michael Leader (59) for Sight and Sound (827) on 19 Feb 2018

Coixet's comfortable approach to Fitzgerald's material rarely rises above a simmer, favouring polite conversations laced with passive-aggressive…

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By Demetrios Matheou (85) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Feb 2018

Ironically, given the subject, the script is stilted, with actors often stuck on pause and not even the silver-tongued Nighy able to coax more…

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By Kevin Maher (647) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 16 Feb 2018

It doesn't help that the film is pulverised by wall-to-wall narration…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Feb 2018

A fine, sensitive leading turn from Emily Mortimer helps shore up these quiet, lightly dust-covered proceedings, but can't quite put The Bookshop…

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By Millo T (667) on 07 Feb 2018

Although too simple in some moments, and unavoidable disappointing in some aspects (I cannot say any more without spoilers), the end leaves…

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By Dave C (1,370) on 07 Feb 2018

Rich characters played out beautifully. Grabs the period and the biases of the period. Loved it…

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By Jonathan Holland (58) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 20 Nov 2017

Its subversive undercurrent, embodied in fine performances by Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy, is what makes it really interesting…

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By Alberto Luchini (60) for El Mundo (Spain) (301) on 13 Nov 2017

The least transcendent, but no less significant film of Isabel Coixet's filmography. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Carlos Boyero (70) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 13 Nov 2017

The intimacy is contagious. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Paula Arantzazu Ruiz (61) for Cinemanía (Spain) (558) on 07 Nov 2017

In The Library there are, in fact, twists reminiscent of the style of Wes Anderson…

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