Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

lasttimeisaw An adequate rom-com, also the final movie made by the genre journeyman Gary Winick (who passed away from brain cancer in 2011), LETTERS TO JULIET stars Amanda Seyfried as a modern-day romantic heroine Sophie Hall, travels from New York to Verona and serendipitously, destiny presents a new light into her life under the tourist-swarmed spot, Juliet's balcony. The story threads through two pairs of searching for love, Sophie, must choose between her restaurateur fiancé Victor (García Bernal, thanklessly loquacious and inward-looking) and a young British barrister Charlie Wyman (Egan), who, very importantly, provides pro-bono service for those who cannot afford a punitive legal fee; meantime, Charlie's grandmother Claire Smith (Redgrave) is trying to track down her Italian lover Lorenzo (Nero), with whom she has lost the touch 50 years ago. And it is all because Sophie chances upon Claire's letter to Juliet, which is preposterously stuck in the wall adjacent to the said balcony for half-an-century without being noticed (not to mention there are soi-disant "Juliet's secretaries" frequently collecting these letters and voluntarily answering them accordingly), so Sophie writes back to Claire and it prompts the whole junket trip to locate Lorenzo's namesake one by one, lavished with the area's bucolic landscape.Pedestrianly emulating a time-tested template but with generic but feel-good wheezes (piteous backstories is a must, he is parentless and she is deserted by her mother and attraction must be bred from initial enmities, etc. etc...), the film is very self-aware of its functionality and target demography, Seyfried is particularly photogenic in her fresh-faced innocuousness, and overtly star-struck in front of a gracious Vanessa Redgrave, who was in a very difficult time at then because of the sudden bereavement of her daughter Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) due to a ski injury, and stoutly puts on a strong face along with this therapeutic filming process, safeguarded by her spouse Franco Nero, long live Vanessa! For those who watches LETTERS TO JULIET of his/her own volition, blithe gratification is guaranteed, whereas for those who doesn't bother to do so, there is no loss either.

Python Hyena Letters to Juliet (2010): Dir: Gary Winick / Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael Garcia Bernal, Franco Nero: Shakespeare has always been the figure for love and tragedy. Here we have a romance addressing the heroine who has seen it all. Amanda Seyfried is in Italy with her fiancé and becomes intrigued with a group a ladies who answer letters addressed to Juliet with regards to love and relationships. Seyfried contacts an elderly woman whose letter dates back to 1957. With reluctance of her grandson they begin an odyssey to find the male whom she nearly married. Director Gary Winick has fun with the Shakespeare theme although the screenplay is pretty thin. Winick previously directed the romantic themed 13 Going On 30 as well as the non romantic Charlotte's Web. Seyfriend holds her own as this curious young woman fascinated with love that has aged by decades. Christopher Egan as the grandson basically gets reduced to a back and forth spat with Seyfried until he arrives where viewers all know is obvious. Vanessa Redgrave as the grandmother in search of her past Romeo is very good as she accepts Seyfried as a friend and encounters one false Romeo after another since several bear the same name. Will she meet the real one? Is the sky blue? Gael Garcia Bernal as Seyfried's Italian cook fiancé is written out conveniently and never played as anything but a lousy plot prop. This might make for a decent date film although males may prefer something more upbeat and less sappy. The Shakespeare theme will make the letter worth opening only for chick flick fans. Score: 6 / 10

chrissimmons-2 I am quite staggered by the relatively positive reviews of this film. It was without doubt the worst film I have seen in the last 12 months, poorly acted and with a dreadful script.Sophie (Seyfried) is a character without and depth, and the 2 male leads were simple awful, delivering their lines in a wooden manner, as if they themselves don't even believe what their characters were saying. How Vanessa Redgrave found herself in this turkey, I cannot imagine.A great shame as the views of a beautiful part of Italy are interrupted by this rather poor delivery, and an absurd script

Isabella Wijsman If you haven't seen this movie yet, shame on you! Don't even bother reading through reviews, just buy it and start watching because I promise you, after 1 minute, you're hooked. From the moment this movie begins, it takes you in. You get drawn into the story of life and finding that thing we search for the most: love. The characters in this movie are so well played and the chemistry with the three leads makes you want to get on a plane and visit Italy straight away. I say this because you want to experience that magic of the country yourself and maybe on the way find love as well. You can almost feel the thrill when knocking on a door and waiting for it to open. The feeling that you could be one second away from seeing that person again after so long and wondering if you still recognize each other. Imagine you would write Juliet a letter, left it on the wall and 50 years later got a reply. This movie leaves me with a question every time, because in the old days, people fell in love and if that didn't work out well, they would live their whole life with ache in their heart for the love they lost or couldn't have. We on the other hand, in our modern world with all kinds of ways to communicate with each other would not hesitate to give up on someone after a few months or years. But, had you lived back then, what would you do if after all those years, you got a reply. Ask yourself, what would I do? Still reading this? Stop right now and press play because you already wasted a few minutes of time!