You won't be disappointed!

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I loved the book and was not expecting to care for the film adaptation - and have watched it three times in 1.5 days - it has taken my breath away! The adaptation and direction (though quite different from the book in many aspects) have been done with such sensitivity and wisdom (but what else would you expect from the director of "Enchanted April" and "HP and the Goblet of Fire"?), and the acting is so exquisitely done that I consider this quiet film to be almost flawless. The pain, the tragedy, the terrors of the German occupation are there, but so is the humanity, the compassion, the courage, and the beauty of clinging to what life has to offer - connection. "Only connect", wrote E. M. Forster, and this film has captured it beautifully. Not to mention that it is a paean to my lifelong passion: books, reading, and sharing those words. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, RELEASE IT ON DVD IN THE U.S. - I WANT TO BUY A DOZEN COPIES TO GIVE AS PRESENTS AND TO HOLD ON TO MYSELF!P.S. Stick around during the credits for more surprise little beauties!

A great adaptation told with pace, style and class. Each actor performed with grace and eloquence. The range of emotions brought the characters a depth of empathy for time and place. Beautiful scenery, award worthy direction and cinematography. Thank you.

The story line is very nice even thought there are some typical things that are happening.

An utterly predictable and boring story with equally predictable and colorless characters. The real plot would deserve a lot more attention but probably not with these actors whose performance lacks true emotions. I'm not surprised by the fact that Michiel Huisman and Lily James gave me nothing, but I would have expected Penelope Wilton to be a lot better as she was killing it in Downtown Abbey as a supporting character. Or maybe I'm just so used to soul touching dramas that I can't appreciate the simple "family films"? Yeah maybe, but I'm not sure this movie was intended to be a family film either.