Letters to Juliet [DVD] [2010]

I have a rule. I see a film once and if I like/love it I buy the dvd. I loved this film. I came out of the cinema with such a high I was skipping all the way home. The plot is good. The acting was brilliant. The light and colours really stood out. It's nice to see a romance film with light in it. I love the music in it especially Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' A song that really fits the film and it is a great song in the first place. The setting was perfect and made me want to get on a plane to Italy and explore this beautiful country. Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero are legends and a real life Romeo and Juliet. Amanda Seyfried the Queen of romantic films a far cry from Mean Girls. Christopher Egan the Austrailian that CAN do a believeable British accent and play the arrogant Englishman that turns good. Yes there are the typical cliches but they work. The only thing I would change is add more sex and more romantic jestures. A PG film that could easily be a 12 without many changes. I can't wait till October when I can sit down on a dark winters day and watch a film with light in it.

I bought this DVD a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it to the extent that I downloaded all the music associated with the film and created a soundtrack CD. I watched the film again last night and this is one DVD I shall never part with. A review from a few years' back said, "Guys won't like this film". Well, I'm a 69-year-old grandfather (remember, 69 is young, these days) and I think the film is wonderful. It's pretty easy to find a fault in most films, but why do so when a film is overall so enjoyable ? As many have written, the scenery is gorgeous and, in this, I would include Amanda Seyfried who is delightful and beautifully portrays unrequited/forbidden love towards the end of the film. Yes, the story can be judged as far-fetched and fairly predictable, but most of us would not be satisfied with a non-happy ending. Christopher Egan slightly overdoes the stuffy, rather ill-mannered Englishman, but this at least spawns a few good one-liners. The premise of the film is refreshingly different for a rom-com and, in summary, I absolutely love it !

Great film & scenery purchased as I had read the book.Easy to watch and follow the story line

You can't blame this film for being predictable or cliched: it's what rom-coms are, and after one look at the synopsis, you can easily guess what is going to happen. Amanda Seyfreid plays Sophie, a New York newspaper fact-finder keen to showcase her real talent, writing. She and her chef fiance, Victor, have organised a pre-wedding holiday in Tuscany. The cracks in their relationship are visible early on- her fiance is wrapped up in his own career, isn't really interested in her and sadly neglects her on holiday, leaving her to wander solo around Verona. It is here she discovers what she thinks will make the perfect story for her journalistic debut- the letters to Juliet, written by love-lorn tourists seeking advice from Juliet. Sophie soon learns that a group of local women answer each and every letter, and she discovers a fifty year old letter that has lain unanswered, from a young girl, Claire, who has abandoned her first love, Lorenzo. Sophie decides to reply, hoping her reply reaches Claire. It does, and Claire, now an elegant older woman (played by the divine Vanessa Redgrave), sets out to find Lorenzo with Sophie's help, accompanied by her reluctant and ridiculously priggish but handsome grandson Charlie (Christopher Eagan), who resents what he sees as Sophie's meddling and thinks the whole thing can only end in tears. As they set out to identify Lorenzo from a multitude of namesakes, the animosity between Sophie and Charlie eventually grows to respect and their chemistry is undeniable. So yes, the plot is far-fetched, but it is really lovely escapism, as many of the best rom-coms are. The cinematography is beautiful, as is the scenery. The actors are all good, Seyfreid is sensitive, clever and mature- showing her growing versatility as a serious actress, since her debut in Mean Girls. Eagan as Charlie is engimatic and handsome but there is something slightly amiss about him. To blame for this is his absurdly posh English accent, and some of the cheesy old-fashioned lines he gets. It never ceases to annoy me how American writers assume all English eligible bachelors are 'Hooray Henrys' and talk as though they have a plum in their mouths. I don't know anyone under the age of sixty that uses the prefix 'blasted'- I'm afraid that poor Eagan's part in the dialogue left me slightly cold (despite his devastating looks) and detracted a little from the more real scripting Redgrave and Seyfreid's parts had. Also, I couldn't help but feel that the Claire-Lorenzo plot was neglected in parts and served more to facilitate the Sophie-Charlie romance, but then it wouldn't do for the trio to find Lorenzo too soon in the sotry. These are my onlt criticisms of the film, which in other respects was charming and enjoyable and recommended for a girly night in.

Highly recommended

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My wife adores this movie, we have watched it a number of times.

Ich liebe diesen romantischen Film. Ich macht das Herz groß und weit und lässt einen voller Sehnsucht träumen. Die Geschichte ist einfach berührend und man ertappt sich dabei, selig zu seufzen - und das gleich mehrmals während des Filmes. Die Schauspieler sind sagenhaft gecastet - großes Kompliment!

Dislike, the movie will not play

Realmente existe el club de cartas a Julieta en Verona. La película aprovecha este hecho real para crear una ficción romántica con grandes paisajes italianos.