Review: Netflix's 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' is a pleasant throwback romance with a sparkling Lily James
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Aug 10, 2018
3 minutes
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"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" is an old-school, old-fashioned entertainment, a romantic drama bursting with scenic vistas and earnest charm that contains just enough mystery to keep us involved.
In fact, as efficiently directed by the veteran Mike Newell ("Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Enchanted April"), this is just the kind of satisfying mainstream diversion that people used to leave their homes and go out to the movies for. Until now.
For though "Guernsey" has played quite
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