The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

2022

Comedy / Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 35% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 4107 4.1K

quirky humor small town island bookshop based on novel or book brother-in-law

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Plot summary

This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, has been stolen. He’s given up on people and even the books in his store offer another reminder that the world is changing too rapidly. But when a mysterious package arrives at the store, it gives Fikry the chance to make his life over and see things anew.

Director

Hans Canosa Photo
Hans Canosa

Top cast

Lucy Hale Photo
Lucy Hale as Amelia
Christina Hendricks Photo
Christina Hendricks as Ismay
David Arquette Photo
David Arquette as Lambiase
Scott Foley Photo
Scott Foley as Daniel
2160p.WEB.x265
4.7 GB
3832*2064
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dmorin-4 6 / 10

Wasn't translated well from the book

I just finished the book the other day and went immediately to the movie. Sadly, I was disappointed. The movie is just kind of ... there. It's slow. Nothing really happens, it just moves from event to event to event through the characters' lives.It feels like a direct port of the book, for which it suffers. There are parts where the dialogue just does not land properly, at all. It really needed someone to have a better go at the screenplay. Having said that, you can also see where parts from the book have been snipped and shortened, which makes them feel that much more obvious and makes the whole thing feel choppy.Ultimately it feels like a pet project, like somebody read the book, said "I'll option that", and just put it straight on screen. When people talk about great book-to-movie translations, that's not what they mean.
Reviewed by strgal37 8 / 10

Solid love story/ mystery

I loved seeing Kunal as a main character. As I'm recovering from hand surgery, I'm digging into movies I don't normally watch.

I will now seek out this book to read. I feel because it was in a movie setting I may have missed some little details from the book.

There was solid acting in this movie. I do have to say David Arquette did some brilliant acting. I loved Lucy Hale and Christina Hendricks, but their characters and the teenager's character were not really fleshed out.

If you are in need of tears and laughter, this is the story for you. Some reviews call it Hallmarkesque. It isn't quite the Hallmark story you're used to watching. There is more here. It probably would have done better in a limited series form, so that these actors could have had more time to move within these characters. All in all I gave this an 8/10. Critics didn't dig it, but the viewers did. That is the most important part of story telling. Does your audience engage? I did.

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