Hello, Bookstore

2022

Action / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75%
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 254 254

Plot summary

In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore. A landmark in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Bookstore is a magical, beatnik gem thanks to its owner Matt Tannenbaum, whose passion for stories runs deep. This portrait of The Bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times, and the stories hidden on the shelves.

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1 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cricketmusings 9 / 10

Greetings, Bookstore

An exceptional tribute to an independent bookstore. Matt Tannenbaum is warm and personable and quite the ambassador of the hometown bookstore. He personifies the joy of books by not only quoting them but sharing his love of literature with his customers.Interposing the pandemic's impact on the business into the film highlighted the importance of the bookstore to a community, especially evident with Go Fund Me success.
Reviewed by hoospoosberero 9 / 10

Surprisingly charming, engaging and expansive documentary from within one small bookstore

This is a documentary with huge heart and charm. I was surprised by how much I liked it and how quickly and deeply engaging it was. While it feels quite unstructured, being raphsodic in footage from before, during and after pandemic lock-downs and following the owner's mercurial prosaic verbal flights from book to book and subject to subject, this is a huge part of the warmth and sense of connection it conveys. This very natural, almost raw style of the footage works to immerse the viewer into the little book shop and into the interactions between the owner, customers, staff and family. I sense the director has a deep love of books, book shops (maybe a connection to this particular bookstore?) and the love shines through the film. For a documentary filmed entirely within a very small spatial confine - and budget, resource and then pandemic confines - it has quite an expansive feel, and a big message of connection and humanity, kindness and patience. Thoroughly recommend this as a relaxing, uplifting, thoughtful tonic especially but not exclusively for book lovers.
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