Letters to Juliet

2010 • 105 minutes

About this movie

In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson (Christopher Egan), all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told is your own.

Ratings and reviews

I thought this movie might have really been good but unless you are on a long flight to Asia and the only other option is staring blankly out the window, don't bother. It would have been nice if the director had made just a bit of an effort on this one.

This could have been a very good movie; the premise was somewhat unique and the setting was inspiring. However, the movie does not contain a single compelling character. Every character had the potential to be very deep and multilayered, but the film was far too short to afford them the development they deserved, the development necessary to make this more than a cheap attempt at a few sighs and chuckles from the more easily entertained of the world's romantics. Couple that unfortunate failure of writing wi

This movie is such an inspirational work of art. It teaches you that no matter how much time has past, it is never to late to try and fix your mistakes, to get rid of the regrets that you've lived with all your life, and how to create new beginnings. It is literally my favorite movie of all time.