The Shop Around the Corner (1940)'s comments

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alma95

this film is simply amazing, after a long and hard day I watched it and it truly make me smile for more than a while. I recommend it to everyone!

12 years 8 months ago

iCheckFilms

Wonderful movie. Absolutely loved it. Ernst Lubitsch definitely knew his trade pretty darn well. :)

12 years 3 months ago

Jimmy Stewart is great here but the whole cast succeeds to make this a quaint little romantic story set in Budapest. Stewart's characterization of "Mr. Popkin" towards the end of the film is so well done you can completely picture him and nearly feel contempt for Stewart for stealing Ms. Novak away from this imaginary character.

6 years 11 months ago

Siskoid

The Shop Around the Corner is rightly a Christmas classic and prototypical romcom, though it doesn't limit the scope of its comedy to the romance element. The leather goods shop in question is filled with vivacious characters, some of which have their own stories to tell, and most of which get funny moments. The story will seem somewhat familiar to fans of You've Got Mail, of which this is a remake, starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, as pen pals who fall in love through the poetry of their thoughts, but fail to recognize they work in the same store in real life and dislike each other. The film's several threads start off funny and farcical, but head towards either poignant or romantic territory before the end, creating several memorable moments. Quite rewatchable.

6 years 4 months ago