I'LL TAKE A SLICE PLEASE...!

Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2018)

Definitely a mouthful but this title may be the most difficult thing about this simple & charming love story involving books. Not since the immaculate 84 Charing Cross Road has a film been so enamored w/the act of reading (you hear that you millennials!). During the reconstruction period in England after WWII, an up & coming writer receives a letter asking for a copy of a tome which a book club wants. We find out the club was formed when Nazis occupied the Isle of Guernsey & the inhabitants were under curfew so when a few are caught after hours the quick thinking members said they lost track of time due to their club's meeting running late. So enthralled w/the tale, the writer (played by Lily James) embarks on a mission to find out how & why this club was formed only to discover a bigger mystery in the offing. Directed w/efficient verve by Mike Newell (4 Weddings & a Funeral/Mona Lisa's Smile), this movie doesn't demand much of its viewers but why should it.