Movie #213 "Letters to Juliet" has Vanessa Redgrave, and it is shot in Verona and Siena (both of which we traveled in this past November), and Amanda Seyfried has the biggest eyes I have ever seen. I wanted to say something nice before I then wrote that the script is cliched, the guy they got to be Redgrave's grandson is a stick (actingwise and every other wise) , and personally, I think she would have had a better chance with the other guy (and that's not giving any of it away!) I DO think the set up is a cool idea, and I had a tear in my eye (sorry, romantic comedies are my very favorite, cliches and all) in the most romantic moment of all in the film --- that scene worked for me, but the end................oh please! Did I say the film scenes that work are with REdgrave and anybody but the stick?
I gave it 3.3 stars
Letters to Juliet
(2010) PG
By responding to a letter addressed to Shakespeare's tragic heroine Juliet Capulet, a young American woman (Amanda Seyfried) vacationing in Verona, Italy, sets in motion a series of events that leads her -- and the missive's lovelorn author (Vanessa Redgrave) -- in search of romance. Directed by Gary Winick, this deeply tender and uplifting drama also features Gael García Bernal and Franco Nero.
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