Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
The Shop Around the Corner has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Shop Around the Corner was released in 1940 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 476 reviews, giving The Shop Around the Corner (1940) an average rating of 84%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 88% and users giving an average score of 90%.
With a score of 84%, The Shop Around the Corner is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1940, which stands at 62%.
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