A good chick flick. Makes want to go to Italy

I loved this movie. It is not going to win any awards & yes it was predictable & cheezy in places but all romantic comedies are. Vanessa Redgrove was terrific! She has such presence & grace. The story is about Sophie f/New York taking a pre-honeymoon trip with her fiance to Italy. Once there, all her fiance does is meet with vendors as he is opening a new restaurant back in NYC. This leaves her all alone. While in Verona she visits the statute of Juliet where she discovers a small group called Juliet's secretaries that respond to letters that young women tack to the wall for Juliet. She joins them & is touched by an old letter written in 1950 that was stuck behind a brick on the wall that she responds to. This is the introduction of Claire & her grandson Charlie who after receiviing the response to the old letter come to Verona to search for her long lost lover Lorenzo. Somewhere along the way Charlie & Sophie become attracted to one another.

This was the best love story I've seen in many years. It is a very clean movie. Its two plot lines make the movie appealing to young adults and older audiences.

So I really don't recommend spending money on this,unless you want the Italian countryside on the big screen. It was pretty bland because,as beautiful as Seyfried is,she isn't very accomplished. Lots of the big eye expressions and cute smiles,but no meat. The stately Ms.Redgrave was a treat,even the male newcomer showed some talent in the gamut from obnoxious snob to a man coming to realize life was not all about him. He did it without overacting a great epiphany moment as so often happens in this type film.(the exception was an unreal balcony scene,but I blame that on the director) It had a couple of nice substories and was ok. I spent money to take my mom,but my gut had been telling me NO..so that's my recommend to you. wait to rent

A great and sappy "chick flick! The cinematography made me want to pack my bags and fly off to Italy and create a new life. Although somewhat predictable with regard to a typical boy meets girl love story, the movie does have a few unexpected twists that made it moving as well as funny. Amanda Seyfried was wonderful as Sophie, a determined "romantic"writer, and Christ Egan was true to his character as a young snobbish Englishman. Gael Garcia Bernal, could not have been better in his role as the self absorbed restaurateur/ fiance. Vanessa Redgrave may be older, but still wonderful in her role as Claire and Franco Nero is dashing as Lorenzo, her long lost love. I believe that reuniting Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero in a romantic movie since their appearance together in Camelot, forty years ago, was a "smart move" on the part of the directors. The romance and chemistry that existed then, adds to Letters to Juliet. A must see