The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

2018

2h 4m

Drama

Romance

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In 1946 a London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.

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Critics Consensus

Far more traditional and straightforward than its unwieldy title, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society offers delightful comfort food for fans of period drama.

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Marissa Martinelli

Slate

08/10/2018

The movie is comfort food through and through, as wholesome and predictable as a Sunday roast and as sickly sweet as sticky toffee pudding.

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

08/10/2018

2.5/4

Though the subject matter could've been developed into a more challenging and provocative yarn, this film's chief aim is escapism.

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

08/10/2018

B+

A movie... you don't so much watch as wear like a slanket.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/21/2022

4/5

Director Mike Newell uses his camera to great effect, capturing beautiful vistas but also the swirling emotions of his characters.

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Hosea Rupprecht

Pauline Media Studies

08/13/2021

Watching The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie together with some friends or loved ones would be just the ticket. You just might want to keep potato peel pie off the menu.

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Kshitij Rawat

The Indian Express

03/09/2021

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a delightful little film that should particularly appeal to those fond of the quaint British rural setting.

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M J

@RT21990381 Apr 16

The happy ending scene is way to rush, I could barely see the development of the 2 main characters' feelings.

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Denis L.

@Viriato Feb 25

I really don't know why I like this movie as much as I do but I've found myself rewatching it a couple of times. Interesting characters and who doesn't love Lily James?

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Mia O

@Mia777 Feb 24

Enough with stories where betrayal is disguised as love! It’s really annoying to watch a girl dumping her loving, caring, handsome and wealthy fiancé for a village single father, who is a poor swineherd/builder. Girl literally prefers to drink low quality beer in a shabby tavern with a guy who just came from the stables and smells like pigs rather than enjoy fine dinner in London’s best apartment with an extremely wealthy young and handsome (the most important- loving and loyal) guy who does everything for her. They want us relate to this woman and understand her choice ? But how ?? No it’s not a romantic story ! It’s a story about a girl with victim mentality who feels not worthy of good life and downgrades her lifestyle by going to a small town and imposing herself to strangers. Annoying, I couldn’t finish it

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JM H

@JMH9999 Feb 7

Great for a quiet, reflective evening.

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Chris F

@thechrisfigaro Sep 21

We are expected to cheer for a protagonist who heartlessly abandons her attractive, kind, wealthy, and supportive fiancé for a stranger from a remote island, simply because he's a fellow bookworm. It’s irrational and absurd. If the filmmakers wanted us to cheer for this choice, they should have painted the fiancé as some villainous scoundrel. Instead, he’s decent, and she breaks his heart anyway. I can’t celebrate that. I ended up rooting for the fiancé to find someone who actually loves him without confusion or betrayal. He deserves the happiness she didn’t give.

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George R

@RT45747102 08/24/2025

Really enjoyable historical fiction. Have your Kleenex handy for the emotional second half. Lily James is one of my favorite actors and again she shines in this film. A sad look at the personal trauma inflicted by Germany during WWII + a satisfying romance/happy ending.

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Synopsis

In 1946 a London-based writer begins exchanging letters with residents on the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during WWII. Feeling compelled to visit the island, she starts to get a picture of what it was like during the occupation.

Director: Mike Newell
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Mitchell Kaplan, Paula Mazur
Screenwriter: Kevin Hood, Don Roos
Production Co: StudioCanal, Mazur / Kaplan Company, Blueprint Pictures
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2018
Runtime: 2h 4m

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