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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

2018 · 124 min · Director: Mike Newell ★ IMDb 7.3 · 58,808 ratings

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A correspondence begins between Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with them sharing their experiences of Nazi-occupied Guernsey Island. When an idea for a book catches Juliet, she goes to visit the island, making life-long friends and taking life changing steps along the way. This book is told by way of letters, and as the reader, you become enchanted by the writers of them and the love Juliet comes to feel for each of the Islanders; Dawsey Adams (Michiel Huisman), Amelia Maugery (Dame Penelope Wilton), Isola Pribby (Katherine Parkinson), Eben Ramsey (Sir Tom Courtenay), Kit (Florence Keen), and Elizabeth McKenna (Jessica Brown Findlay).

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Love 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%
  2. Hope10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Love, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Joy

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension40 %17 %15 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Joy41 %19 %14 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity45 %26 %14 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity48 %34 %15 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Joy44 %29 %11 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity40 %21 %9 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity44 %24 %16 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity53 %36 %33 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Sadness60 %49 %48 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Sadness60 %51 %46 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity59 %51 %43 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Sadness63 %55 %50 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Empathy60 %54 %45 %32 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Joy54 %49 %33 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 90′Empathy63 %57 %46 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 96′Sadness75 %70 %69 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 102′Sadness69 %65 %63 %9 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Empathy63 %55 %38 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 115′Joy65 %48 %18 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 121′Joy60 %38 %8 %55 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Lily James

Juliet Ashton

Jessica Brown Findlay

Elizabeth McKenna

Matthew Goode

Sidney Stark

KP
Katherine Parkinson

Isola Pribby

Glen Powell

Mark Reynolds

Tom Courtenay

Eben Ramsey

Kit Connor

Eli Ramsey

Penelope Wilton

Amelia Maugery

Bronagh Gallagher

Charlotte Stimple

BS
Bernice Stegers

Mrs. Burns

CM
Clive Merrison

Mr. Gilbert

NP
Nicolo Pasetti

Christian Hellmann

FK
Florence Keen

Kit McKenna

AG
Andy Gathergood

Eddie Meares

TO
Tom Owen

Frank Hood

GM
Gregory Mann

Young Eli Ramsey

RD
Richard Derrington

Barman

DB
Dilyana Bouklieva

Nurse

MD
Madeleine Domries

Elegant Wife

Details

Directed by
Mike Newell
Written by
Don Roos, Thomas Bezucha, Kevin Hood
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
124 min
Country
United Kingdom, France, United States
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 58,808 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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